FIRST-HAND BITS OF STABLE LORE 



tive vision is caused by badly and improperly 

 lighted stables than from any other cause. Lots 

 of light means plenty of windows, and numerous 

 windows insure plenty of air, if only by way of 

 ill-fitting casements. "Windows hinged at the 

 bottom prevent direct draught. 



Hay and grain should be stored on the ground 

 floor if possible, and if upstairs, over carriages 

 and not over horses, being thrown down a chute 

 or trap-door at one end, or in the middle of the 

 gangway, and thence fed out. If this trap has no 

 door provided, it greatly assists the matter of 

 ventilation. 



Watering should always be done by buckets. 

 Troughs get filthy, and a sick horse will infect a 

 whole stable in this way. These drinking buckets 

 should never, under any pretext, be used for other 

 purposes. 



Harness rooms need good light, and space 

 enough to carry things in and out without knock- 

 ing other articles off" their hooks. Hot water in 

 quantity should always be obtainable, and the 

 room should be large enough to allow lounging 

 space for the men. The owner will find it to his 

 interest to make this room attractive to the men, 

 unless they have other sitting rooms as in large 



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