THE HORSE 89 



Ventilation 



The next point to which attention must be paid 

 is to the very important one of ventilation. The 

 correct method of securing the ingress of outside 

 air without causing inconvenient draught is by a 

 series of windows placed on both sides along the 

 length of the stable above the head of each horse. 

 If there is a double row of stalls with passage 

 down the centre and a door at each end of the 

 building, fresh air will gain entrance at right 

 angles to that admitted by the windows, so that 

 no part of the stall is unduly favored, and none 

 of the horses are placed in a position of advantage. 

 Below the manger, and about a foot from the 

 floor, a row of air-bricks ensures that the air near 

 the floor does not become stagnant. 



The commonest form of stable usually found is 

 that in which the door and window are in the 

 centre of the front wall, the row of stalls being 

 placed immediately opposite. The great disad- 

 vantage of this plan is that there is no through 

 draught or free circulation of air, and such air as 

 is admitted is on the side farthest from the horses' 

 nostrils. It may be possible, if the building 

 stands alone, to have a ventilator placed in the 

 wall at each end of the stable high up, at smaU 



