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for the accommodation of horses are really impor- 

 tant. 



Any exposure is good except a southern, although 

 this is contrary to general opinion and arrangement. 

 Of course the stable may face south if preferred, but 

 the horses should never be stabled upon that side. 

 The heat of the sun in our climate, whether in winter 

 or summer, ensures a temperature varying greatly 

 in degree; and in winter this is especially true, be- 

 cause the heat generated during the day may raise 

 the temperature to a very high degree, and the ensu- 

 ing depression, during the night, is likely to be keenly 

 felt at a period when the constitution is least able to 

 resist, and consequent chills and colds may be at- 

 tended with most serious results. Thawing and 

 freezing, which take place upon the south side of 

 a building, can but engender damp. In summer, 

 of course, the case is even worse, as the heat then 

 is doubly irksome upon that side, and even if protec- 

 tion is afforded from the direct rays by a shed or 

 veranda, this objection is only modified. It matters 

 little how low the temperature of a stable is main- 



