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CHAPTER IV. 



Warmth. — Material for outer walls. — Inside walls. — Eoofing. 



— Thatched roofs. 



In the second chapter I made mention of the 

 following points as necessary in the construction 

 of stables, viz., drainage, ventilation, light, warmth, 

 space, and water supply. I have briefly dealt 

 with the first three, and that of warmth claims 

 our next attention. In speaking of warmth in 

 a stable, I do not wish the reader to infer that 

 I at all advocate an over-high temperature ; I 

 rather desire to impress upon him the necessity 

 there is to avoid such. I should, perhaps, have 

 better expressed myself if I had used the word 

 ' temperature.' However, the former term carries 

 with it the fuller meaning, and so I have decided 

 to retain it, and the reader will see in what manner 

 I propose to deal with it, and why I have deter- 

 mined upon its use. 



We have, as I have said, selected a site for our 



