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the centre of the stall are very unwholesome, are some- 

 what draughty, and 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 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 degrees 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 

 preferred, 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 feelinof of the horse owners. The windows 

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

 about 8 feet 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 

 feet long, and so constructed as to prevent the possibility 

 of the corn being wasted. The hay rack should be on a 

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



