CHAPTER Vn 



HOW TO SHELTEB. 



>lirORTABLE SHELTER ECONOMICAL. 11. CONSIDERATION IN C0N8TRTTCTIN0 STABUHb 



' in. MANGERS AND RACKS. IV. HOW TO INSURE A GOOD TEMFERATUKK. V. CLKAM* 



INO THE STABLES. VI. THE LOFT. —— VII. THE HARNESS ROOM. — VHI. THB OOT 



«HXD. IX. WATER. 



I. Comfortable Shelter Economical. 



Although the horse is found wherever civilized man has made his home, 

 aivd has been subjected by barbarian tribes wherever subsistence may be 

 found Summer and Winter, yet in a wild state he is only found where the 

 Winter and the Summer climate is mild enough to furnish herbage the 

 year round. While it is true that the horse will stand weather as inclem- 

 ent as cattle, yet the owner who subjects either horses or cattle to the 

 storms of Winter, not only makes no money from them, but deserves to 

 lose them entirely. Thus the humane man always consults his best 

 iuterests when he keeps his horse stock not only well fed but comfortably 

 k^used. 



n. Considerations in Constructing Stables. 



The first consideration in the construction of a stable is the number of 

 horses to be kept. After this comes in economy of space in connection 

 with convenience, ventilation in connection with the health of the horses, 

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