part m. 

 Zhc Stable 



CHAPTER I. 



Stabling Arrangements Appropriate to 

 American Climate 



THE essential features of any stable, and the 

 only details worth general consideration are 

 freedom from damp ; airiness and even temperature ; 

 roominess in the equine living and sleeping de- 

 partment ; convenience and simplicity of fitting, or- 

 namentation and arrangement. The rich man may, 

 of course, expend huge sums upon external decora- 

 lions or internal niceties, but with these we have 

 nothing to do — only the vitally necessary items 

 and those which should be a part of every building 



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