CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER VI. 



VENTILATION. 



General considerations — Temperature — Cubic contents of stables — Re- 

 quirements of various horses — Admission of air — Fanlights and louvres 

 — Construction of louvres — Lantern ventilation — Stables at Poplar 

 — Ventilating tiles — Down-cast ventilation — Through ventilation — 

 Ceilings and lofts — Perforated pipes — Head-post ventilators — Boyle's 

 ventilators — Ventilation of upper floors — Glazed ventilators — The 

 Sheringham ventilator — Loose boxes — Cubic contents — Examples 



Pages 60-68 



CHAPTER VH. 



FITTINGS AND DETAILS. 



Separation in stables — Cast and wrought iron details — Stall divisions — 

 Ramp panels — Portable partitions — Safety bars — Heel-posts and 

 pillars — Ramps and posts — Fixing posts — Loose box partitions — Loose 

 box doors — Door frames — Swing doors — Latches and locks — Locking 

 bolt — Bales — Safety hooks— The Malet bale suspender — Safety catch 

 — Cleating — Double cleating — Kicking-boards — Mangers — Manger 

 posts — \Yrought iron mangers — Water fittings — Crib-biting — Safety 

 mangers — Hay-racks — Loose box sliding bars — Halter tying — Smithy 

 fittings — Hearths, bellows, &c. — Vice bench — Harness-room — Heating 

 apparatus — Boilers — Open boilers — Girth stretchers — Saddle airers — 

 Saddle-horses — Clothes press— Harness — Harness brackets — Coach- 

 houses, warming, &c. — Coach-house doors — Hinges and fastenings — 

 Gate stops — Table — Corn-stores — Machines for food — Food supply — 

 Corn-bins — Preparing food, motive power — Horse-power — Gas engine 

 — Hoisting and gear — Jacob's ladder^^Hayloft doors — Hanging and 

 sliding doors — Water supply — Washing apparatus — Valves — Gas supply 

 — Oil lamps 69-96 



