HORSE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Stables. 



POSITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF STABLES MANGERS PICKETING 

 HORSES POULTRY NEAR STABLES DISINFECTING STABLES. 



^Position and Construction of Stables. In the plains 

 stables should be built on high ground devoid of trees in 

 their immediate vicinity ; while their direction should run 

 at right angles to the prevailing winds, so as to obtain 

 free circulation of air through the building ; the object, 

 here, being to provide against the baneful effects of heat, 

 and not against those of cold, which can always be 

 obviated by warm clothing. In this country, experience 

 proves that the chief requisites, for good stables, are 

 airy positions, thick roofs overhead, lofty and spacious 

 stalls, and perfect circulation of air. As long as men 

 or animals are protected from the direct rays of the 

 sun, while the air blows freely through the habitation, 

 whatever it may be, there is little danger from the 

 effects of our tropical sun. The best proof of this im- 

 portant principle is afforded by the fact, that however 

 powerful the noonday sun may be, and however fiercely 

 the hot wind may blow, neither man nor beast will 

 suffer from the high temperature, when out in the open, 

 if they be under the shade of a tree with thick foliage. 

 But if, in such a case, the current of air become impeded 



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