FIRST-HAND BITS OF STABLE LORE 



These random notes have nothing of the scien- 

 tific and probably less of the interesting to them. 

 The writer has constructed and arranged many 

 stables, some to hold four hundred horses, and 

 has always followed the plans outlined here, and 

 always with success. The last things any builder 

 need bother himself about in constructing stables, 

 are drainage, light, and air, provided he will cast 

 science to the winds and simply provide amply 

 for the last two details (and then double his allow- 

 ance), and arrange the first, so far as the stable 

 goes, as recommended here. Genuine disinfec- 

 tants are too cheap and plentiful nowadays to 

 make it necessary or worth while to scientifically 

 arrange drainage which is sure to be neglected. 



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