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accumulate deposits, and unhealthy fumes arise from the 

 sewer gases. All urine should be conducted outside the 

 stable by a gutter from behind the horse, and no dirt should 

 be permitted to remain in the corners of the stable. 



The arrangements for ventilation should be complete, 

 and be fixed above and below, but not immediately behind 

 or before the steed. The stable should not be kept too 

 cool or too hot ; the proper temperature can be easily 

 regulated by the thermometer, without which no stable is 

 complete. The average should be 50*^ in winter and 70^ 

 in summer. 



The walls of the stable should not be perfectly white, 

 but somewhat of a drab or grey colour, and paint pre- 

 ferred, which can be washed over as often as desirable — 

 say once a month. The stable should be boarded round 

 a few feet up the walls from the ground ; no rails, or 

 other impediment or obstruction should be within reach. 

 Dark stables are never clean, and unclean stables are 

 extremely unhealthy and dangerous for the animal's eyes. 

 Too much light is not advisable ; therefore, this particular 

 department rests more or less with the judgment and 

 humane feeling of the horse owners. The windows 

 should be as high up from the ground as possible — say 

 about 8-ft. to the bottom pane — and if the window frame 

 is made to revolve it will greatly facilitate the ventilation. 

 The glass should not by any means be low down, on 

 account of its liability to be broken. 



The manger should be a good depth, and about 2-ft. 

 long, and so constructed as to prevent the possibility of 

 the corn being w^asted. The hay rack should be on a 

 level with the manger, and on the near (or left) side of 

 the horse. The hay rack should never be above the 

 manger, for many reasons, such as the great and constant 

 strain caused to the animal's neck, the falling of dust into 

 the corn and into the horse's eyes, and the great waste 

 which invariably results from such an arrangement. Hay 

 lofts immediately over the stable are very objectionable, 

 yet cannot always be avoided, but the hay hole over the 

 horse's head should by all means be dispensed with, as it 

 is dangerous for restive horses, frequently spoils the corn 

 and water, and causes the dust to affect the steed ; and, in 

 addition, foul fumes ascend, which poison the fodder stored 

 above. The water is best kept in a small cistern by the 



