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When horses get caught in doorways they remem- 

 ber it for a long time, and are apt to rush through 

 them at a bound, which is dangerous to themselves 

 and their attendants. 



VENTILATION. 



A thorough sytem of ventilation is as necessary in 

 the modern stable as the free admission of sunlight. 

 Very few existing stables are sufficiently ventilated, 

 and half the ailments of horses in the shape of colds 

 and influenza may be traceable to occupying badly- 

 ventilated stables. Very frequently, when the stables 

 are shut up for the night, the coats of the horses will 

 be found damp and the windows and walls of the stable 

 running wet, which shows that the air is contaminated 

 by carbonic acid and organic matter which take the 

 place of the utilised oxygen. With good ventilation 

 this vitiated air would become oxidised, and would 

 pass through the ventilators quite naturally as its 

 tendency is to ascend. In the science of bacteriology 

 it is clearly demonstrated that sunlight and dry fresh 

 air in combination mean death to most forms of 

 microbes, hence the importance of a complete system 

 of ventilation. 



INLETS. 



Inlets should be let into the south and end walls 

 of the stable six inches above the ground. They 

 may be formed of ornamental iron grating, and each 

 inlet should have a slide in the interior of the stable 

 in order to close it if necessary. (Fig. 47.) 



