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CHAPTER III. 



Stable windows. 



Next to the ventilation, I suppose that the lighting 

 of a stable ought to be considered. 



In this much must depend on the situation of 

 the stable. The latter should, where it is prac- 

 ticable, face south or south-west, so as to obtain as 

 much sunlight as possible. Light is as essential to 

 the well-doing of horses as air and warmth ; and 

 in that they are not different to the rest of the 

 creation ; but the light which is supplied to a 

 stable through the windows should be admitted so 

 as not to be a source of annoyance to the horses. 

 Nothing could well be more so than for the latter 

 to have to face the glare of the sun shining upon 

 them through a glass window. I should, therefore, 

 select the southern side, i.e., the side opposite to 

 that on which the mangers are situated, for the 

 windows of a stable. It is very easy to shade 



