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tion.'* Capt. Hayes is perhaps more insistent 

 on ventilation than any other writer on the 

 subject and he supports the contention of Admiral 

 Rous, that a stable window should be open night 

 and day. I may add that I am a thorough 

 behever in the theory of the Admiral and Capt. 

 Hayes, my own experience having convinced me 

 of its soundness. 



I had for many years some stables which were 

 considered models in their way. They were 

 warm and snug and no draught could enter them. 

 But they were insufficiently ventilated, and my 

 horses were always coughing. I next stabled my 

 horses in som.e loose boxes which opened to the 

 day. They were big boxes and well ventilated. 

 People who saw them said '' How cold " but it 

 was easy to put another sheet on when the 

 weather came in severe and I never had a cough- 

 ing horse in them. 



Ventilating shafts should be placed in every 

 new stable, but in old stables they are not 

 easily adaptable. Air bricks can however be 

 inserted near the ground and near the top of the 

 stables, care being taken to prevent draught as 

 much as possible. Capt. Hayes recommends 

 the Tobin Tube to give a vertical direction to 

 the current of air but I have never seen it tried. 

 It seems however likely to answer a good purpose. 

 There are plenty of good ventilating shafts to be 

 got, the best of course being those which secure 

 the best current of air without draught. 



Racks, mangers and watering accommodation 



