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country, therefore, choose a stable or the site for one on the 

 eastern or western side of a hill or slight elevation. The soil 

 should be of a gravelly or sandy nature. 



In reference to dampness, Charles Brindley, writing under 

 the pseudonym of " Harry Hieover," in the " Pocket and the 

 Stud," pages 46, 47, says : 



" I have frequently heard people complain of the damp of their stables, 

 and water hanging on the walls. In almost every case this dampness is to be 

 got rid of, with the exception of, in some cases, the water on the walls. This 

 sometimes arises in stables near the seacoast from the mortar having been 

 made with sea sand instead of properly dried material. Such walls will uni- 

 versally give in damp weather, or, indeed, when warmed by the heat of the 

 horses. In almost all other cases dampness in stables arises either from 

 ground damp or want of ventilation. Of this any man may judge from dif- 

 ferent circumstances, and generally speaking the remedy need not be at- 

 tended with any very serious expense ; drainage and raising the floor will 

 mostly have the effect in one instance, and making proper vents for the 

 heated vapor to escape near the roof will also nearly always be sufficient in 

 the other. Where a stable has the defect described it should be remedied at 

 once or the horses taken out of it, for if they are not, sickness will, sooner 

 or later, cause double the expense of the remedy." 



WATER SUPPLY. 



An ample water supply is very necessary, as water is so 

 largely employed in almost all parts of the stable for clean- 

 ing. Cold-water mains should run to the stall part, the 

 wash-stand and cleaning room. These supplies should not 

 be less than inch pipe and in each case should terminate in a 

 faucet with a thread for the attachment of a hose. Hot- 

 water pipes should be carried to the stall part for use in 

 mixing mashes and to the cleaning room for tempering the 

 water used on harness and carriages, but not to the wash- 

 stand, as the temptation is then to use it direct for the car- 



