TEMPERATURE OF STABLES. 59 



TEMPERATURE OF STABLES 



Ho fixed temperature can be maintained in stables j but, if 

 possible, it should be kept at as near a medium degree as 

 possible, not descending below 50, nor exceeding 65 or 70. 

 Horses can endure a tolerably high range of temperature with- 

 out injury in the open air, but in stables this nearly always 

 implies a foul, sickly atmosphere, with a tendency to lung 

 congestion, coughs, digestive derangement, feverishness, and 

 other unfavourable conditions. Better a cold stable than one 

 too hot. Food and clothing will keep the body warm ; the 

 lungs should have cool air. 



