18 A^EKTILATIO?^^ OF STABLE. 



the malady result. Glanders, one of tlie most loathsome, infec- 

 tious, and incurable forms of disease to which the horse is 

 subject, very frequently arises from bad ventilation. Horses 

 when on shipboard, have become glandered from simply 

 shutting down the hatchways during the prevalence of a storm. 

 Epidemic Catarrh, is another form of disease familiar to most 

 men who own horses. Glanders is a common sequence to this 

 malady ; and the same may be said of Scarlatina, Typhoid 

 Pneumonia, and Coughs of a very obstinate nature. Such 

 sequences, however, are not common except in stables that are 

 badly ventilated. JS^o surer indication, in a general way, of a 

 badly ventilated stable, than where scarlatina readily super- 

 venes upon catarrh, or where obstinate coughs remain after its 

 inmates have suffered from the epidemic forms of the disease. 

 Another sign, — a sign alike indicative of uncleanliness and bad 

 ventilation, — is where the paint upon the woodwork of the 

 stable, takes on a dull leaden colour. This is a common effect, 

 and one readily seen by an observer. 



Best mode to obtaiis' thoeotjgh yeis'tilatiois'. By 

 thorough ventilation is meant, a constant supply of pure air, 

 in qiiantity sufficient to disperse that icliich is impure in any 

 apartment into wMch it may he admitted, and in tohicTi gases are 

 generated unfit for the healthy maintenance of life. 



Several modes are in use by which air is admitted into 

 stables to effect this purpose : sometimes it is done by a move- 

 able trellice fixed in the lower half of the window — sometimes 

 by openings cut through the wall either in front of, or behind 

 the horses. In short, it is sought to be done by any mode or 

 contrivance, just as chance may hit upon, or necessity at the 

 moment may devise. "We cannot ventilate an apartment with- 

 out the admission of air. The difficulty is, to admit the air in 

 a manner which will not prove objectionable. Cold draughts 



