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the ordinary stable. It must always be remem- 

 bered that horses are constituted to live an outdoor 

 life, and that they can, as a rule, stand any amount 

 of dry cold. By reason of their great lung capac- 

 ity they must have plenty of fresh air, and con- 

 sequently they will thiive better under a rough 

 shedding which is exposed to the air, than in the 

 average small, dark, warm, ill-ventilated stable. 

 There is only one drawback (if such it can be 

 called) to a shed-stable, and that is that the horses 

 kept therein must not be clipped. As the trades- 

 man and small owner, whose horses have to stand 

 about in all weathers, would probably in any case 

 dispense with clipping, the drawback is not a very 

 serious one. Hov\^ever, as we before remarked, 

 every owner will usually have to make the best 

 of what he has got, and we would only impress 

 on him the great importance, to the welfare of his 

 animals, of a free circulation of fresh air, which 

 must be secured in the manner best suited to his 

 circumstances and situation. 



Stall Diyisio>7s 

 The usual stall division is a partition perhaps 

 seven feet high at the point of attachment to the 

 wall and sloping to about five feet high. Since 



