92 The Horse Farriek. 



be large, and the whole may be so contrived that no 

 direct current of air will fall on the horse. 



The temperature of a stable should seldom exceed 

 VO^ in the summer or sink below 40° or 50° in the 

 winter. 



Litter should be frequently removed. The early ex- 

 trication of gas shows the rapid putrefaction of the 

 urine ; and the consequence of which will be the rapid 

 putrefaction of the litter that has been moistened by it. 

 Everything hastening to decomposition should be care- 

 fully removed where life and health are to be pre- 

 served. The litter that has been much wetted or at 

 all softened by the urine, and is beginning to decay, 

 should be swept away every morning ; the greater 

 part of the remainder may then be piled away under 

 the manger ; a little being left to prevent the painful 

 and injurious pressure of the feet on the hard pave- 

 ment during the day. The soiled and soaked portion 

 of that which was left should be removed at night. 

 In the better kind of stables, however, the stalls should 

 be completely emptied every morning. 



^N"o heap of fermenting dung should be suffered to 

 remain during the day in the corner or in any part of 

 the stable. 



GROOMING. 



Of this, much need not be said to the agriculturist, 

 since custom, and apparently without ill effect, has al- 

 lotted so little of the comb and brush to the farmer's 

 horse. The animal that is worked all day, and turned 

 out at night, requires little more to be done to him 

 than to have the dirt brushed off his limbs. Regular 

 grooming, by rendering his skin more sensible to the 



