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floor line, and the groom can manipulate them with 

 his fork. The stable windows which I prefer are 

 the ordinary sash-windows, because they can best 

 be regulated for ventilation. I may add that I 

 always fix a brass hit-and-miss ventilator about 6 in. 

 from the floor line in the front wall of the stable ; so 

 that plenty of fresh air can be admitted by these 

 three means. The foul air I extract by a tube from 

 the ceiling through the roof, the end in the ceiling 



VENTILATOR OPEN 



VENTILATOR !»HUT 



SECTION OF VENTILATOR 



being fitted with a thin perforated iron plate about 

 3 ft. 6 in. square, attached to the tube by means of 

 a bell-mouthed aperture ; while the sides of the tube 

 above the ridge of the roof are fitted with fixed 

 louvre-boarding, and the current of air is thereby 

 regulated by a hinged flap hung in the tube and 

 worked by means of a cord and pulleys from the 

 floor of the stable, the natural tendency of the flap 

 being to remain open. By such means the tempera- 

 ture of the stable is under entire control, and can 



