iS TENTIlATIOir or STABLE. 



animal be subjected for any length of time to its deleterious 

 influence, matters become worse, and serious aggravations of the 

 malady result. Glanders, one of the most loathsome, infeetioua, 

 and incurable forms of disease to which the hores is subject, 

 frequently arises from bad ventilation. Horses when on ship- 

 board, have become glandered from simply shutting down the 

 hatchways during the prevalence of a storm. Epidemic Catarrh, 

 is another form of disease familiar to most men who own horsea. 

 Glanders is a common sequence to this malady ; and the same 

 may be said of Scarlatina, Typhoid Pneumonia, and Coughs of 

 a very obstinate nature. Such sequences, however, are not 

 common except in stables that are badly ventilated. No surer 

 indication, in a general way, of a badly ventilated stable, than 

 where scarlatina readily supervenes upon catarrh, or where 

 obstinate coughs remain after its inmates have suffered from 

 the epidemic forms of the disease. Another sign — alike indica- 

 tive of uncleanliness and bad ventilation, — is where the paint 

 upon the woodwork of the stable takes on a dull leaden coloiK. 

 This is a common effect, and one readily seen by an observer. 



Best Mode to obtain thoeottgh VentiiiATIon. — By 

 thorough ventilation is meant, a constant supply of pv/re akr, 

 in quantify sufficient to disperse that which is impure in any 

 apa/rtment into which it may he admitted, and in which gases a/te 

 generated v/nfit for the healthy maintenance of life. 



Several modes are in use by which air is admitted into 

 stables to effect this purpose : sometimes it is done by a move- 

 able trellis fixed in the lower half of the window — sometimes 

 by openings cut through the wall either in front of, or behind 

 the horses. In short, it is sought to be done by any mode or 

 contrivance, just as chance may hit upon, or necessity at the 

 moment may devise. We cannot ventilate an apartment with- 

 out the admission of air. The difficulty is, to admit the air m 



