HORSE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA. 



CHAPTEK I. 



STABLES. 



POSITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF STABLES PICKETING HORSES- 

 POULTRY NEAR STABLES DISINFECTING STABLES. 



Position and Construction of Stables. In the 



plains, stables should, as a rule, be built on high 

 ground, devoid of objects, in their immediate vicinity, 

 which might impede cooling breezes. Their direction 

 should run at right angles to the prevailing winds, 

 so as to obtain free circulation of air through the 

 building ; for, in India, our efforts should be directed 

 in providing against the baneful effects of heat, rather 

 than against those of cold, which can, nearly always, 

 be obviated by warm clothing. In this country, ex- 

 perience proves that the chief requisites, for good 

 stables, are airy and dry positions, thick roofs overhead, 

 lofty and spacious stalls, and perfect circulation of air, 

 As long as men or animals are protected from the direct 

 rays of the sun, while the air blows freely through the 

 habitation, whatever it may be, there is little danger 

 from the effects of our tropical sun. The best proof of 



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