TEMPERATURE OP STABLES. 69- 



TEMPERATURE OF STABLES. 



No fixed temperature can be maintained in stables ; but, if 

 possible, it should be kept at as near a medium degree as^ 

 possible, not descending below 50°, nor exceeding 65^ or 70°. 

 Horses can endure a tolerably high range of temperature with- 

 out injury in the open air, but in stables this nearly always 

 implies a foul, sickly atmosphere, with a tendency to lunc' 

 congestion, coughs, digestive derangement, feverislmess, and 

 other unfavourable conditions. Better a cold stable than one 

 too hot. Food and clothing will keep the body warm ; the 

 lungs should have cool air. 



