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THE FAMILY HORSE. 



A stable should be as well lighted as a dwelling house of the 

 same size. The windows may be hung as shown in figure 27, which 

 represents a combined window and ventilator for a stable. The 

 sides are of pine lumber, twenty-six inches long, and one foot wide 

 at the broad end, tapering to one inch wide at the other end. The 

 wider ends are cut to a segment, as shown in the engraving. Quar- 

 ter-inch holes are bored in the edge of one of these boards. A sash, 

 eighteen by twenty-six inches, with four lights of glass, is screwed 

 to the front edges of the boards. The whole is then hung in place 

 by a pair of wrought iron butts, screwed to the lower side of the 

 sash and to a board firmly nailed upon the inside of the stable, in the 

 rear of the stall. A flat piece of iron, with a quarter- inch hole, or a 



Fig. 27.— A SERVICEABLE VENTILATOR. 



stout screw-eye is fastened into the stable wall directly over one of 

 the side-boards. Through this an iron pin, a, is thrust into a hole in 

 the edge of the side board, to hold the ventilator at any desired 

 angle. When open, as shown in the engraving, a current of air is 

 admitted in the direction indicated by the curved arrow, ventila- 

 ting the stable without exposing the horse to a direct draught. 



While it is objectionable to keep a horse in a dark stable, 

 neither should the light be admitted directly in front, but from one 

 side. Even from the rear is better than from the front. But 

 let us have a light stable, and one where the sun will shine in a part 

 of the day. Light, and above all, the genial rays of the sun, exer- 



