134 Stable Management. 



owner that the water might be at fault, and ac- 

 cordingly sent some to an eminent chemist, Dr. 

 Penny, of Glasgow. Upon examination, that 

 gentleman detected a great proportion of sub- 

 stances, the result of putrefactive changes in 

 animal matter, which were proved to have been 

 conveyed by the manure to flower beds in the 

 garden upon the sides of the well from which the 

 water had been used. 



Such water has a brackish or saltish taste, 

 and is sufficiently conspicuous to be easily 

 detected and lead to its being avoided. 



Water may also contain mineral poisons. 

 These, however, occasion serious symptoms of dis- 

 turbance, for which a veterinary surgeon will be 

 needed to give the necessary instructions at the 

 time. 



Cleanliness. Too much cannot be written or 

 urged upon this point. Many disorders and ail- 

 ments can be traced to a neglect of it. Holes 

 and corners which cannot be got at regularly 

 should not be permitted in a stable. 



It must be borne in mind that the food, dung, 

 urine, straw, &c., used in stables are all capable 

 of generating unwholesome gases, by their prone- 

 ness to putrefaction when lying about. 



These materially interfere with the circulation 

 of pure air, and in consequence the health of 

 horses and men suffers. In order to have them 

 removed, the bedding should always be taken 

 from the sta 1 !, and in fine weather spread outside 



