CHAPTER IV. 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT, ETC., OF THE HORSE. 



STABLING. 



This matter has not received the attention that its 

 importance demands. A situation should be selected 

 which will admit of draining, sheltered from the coldest 

 winds, and easy of access. In damp, unventilated 

 stables, you will be the most likely to find such dis- 

 eases as mange, coughs, bad eyes, greasy heels, swelled- 

 legs, glanders, farcy, and rough, dry, staring coat. — 

 Stables should be about sLxteen to eighteen feet in 

 width, and have six feet for each stall. It is well to 

 have a door at each end when convenient, for the 

 purpose of ventilation, when necessary. It should be 

 about eight by five feet. Accidents often occur from 

 having it too narrow ; it may be double. It should 

 be so hung as to swing back of its own accord. 

 The edges of the posts should be rounded ; the ceiling 

 should be at least nine feet in height. 



The stable should be so contrived that the urine 

 shall quickly run off, and the offensive and injurious 

 vapor from decomposing fluid and the litter will thus 



