VENTILATION. 



be one or more (according to the size of the stable) 

 ventilating shafts in the roof itself, and one or 

 more on each side of the stable, near the top of the 

 walls. These should have what is termed ' louvre 

 boards,' and cords to allow of their being opened 

 or closed, wholly or partially, as desired. Further- 

 more, there should be ventilating gratings a few 

 inches from the floor on all the walls, and these 

 should also be furnished with closing bars, so that 

 they can be kept open or shut. 



As far as the ventilators are concerned, nothing 

 further is necessary, other than the common sense 

 to use them properly, and to regulate them ac- 

 cording to weather — but it is needless to add that 

 some of these must be ever open, day and night. It 

 is but a matter for very ordinary intelligence to 

 determine which should be closed. 



I think that the present is no inopportune time 

 to enlarge somewhat on the evils of bad and in- 

 sufficient ventilation, and the benefits to be derived 

 from the reverse. Much sickness would be pre- 

 vented in stables if more attention were paid to 

 ventilation than is far too generally the case. 

 Now, a horse consumes a large quantity of air in 

 the twenty-four hours — far more than people 

 suppose, judging from the size of the stables which 

 one so often sees, their imperfect arrangement, and 



