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come in at the bottom, and the air in the stable 

 would be renewed without the current passing the 

 horse. The advantage of this plan is that a much 

 larger opening may be used without injury to the 

 horse, than when it is otherwise constructed. When 

 all the openings are on one side, there can be in a 

 loose box an opening four feet long and one foot 

 wide, without starving the horse, providing it is 

 placed sufficiently high up to prevent the horse 

 putting his eye to it to look out. In a single loose 

 box with the door in the middle of the end opposite 

 the rack and manger, the best place for the light 

 and ventilation is over the to^D of the door. The 

 door and the window or opening should be in one 

 frame. The door should be four feet broad and 

 seven feet and a half high, and above the door frame 

 there should be an opening as wide as the door, and 

 eight or ten inches deep, which opening should 

 always be open, and not glazed or made to fasten 

 up at all. 



At the bottom of the door, or in the wall near 

 the door and floor, there should be some small open- 

 ings to let air in ; by this means one of the openings 

 would be considerably above the horse's body, and 

 the others considerably below, and the horse would 

 not stand with his head near either of them. 



The rack and manger should be in the two 

 corners farthest away from the door. It is custo- 

 mary now to have a compartment for water as well 



