THE HORSE 101 



when boarded inside it is much too hot in summer 

 and cold in winter. 



The site of the stable is a point of importance. 

 It is necessary to admit sun without placmg the 

 building in such a position that it becomes unen- 

 durably hot in summer. Xorth is out of the ques- 

 tion. Due south is tempting, because it will catch 

 every ray of sunlight in whiter ; but this position 

 will be too hot in summer unless the building can 

 be placed beneath deciduous trees. The selection 

 of a frontage to east or west must be decided by 

 the prevailing wind of the district, and in a part 

 of the country where sou'westers prevail, the 

 choice must fall on the alternative direction. 



The floor must be of grooved concrete, with 

 slight slope to an open gutter running along the 

 back of the stalls, with fall to either end of the 

 building. 



Each stall should be as wide as possible (the 

 minimum being Rve feet), and the divisions, for 

 the sake of economy, may be made with bales. 



The mangers should be divided into three di- 

 visions. On the left a box-like receptacle, two 

 feet four inches deep, and at its edge about two 

 feet ten inches to three feet from the ground, to 

 hold hay. Xext to it another division on the 



