STAI'.rjNC SriTAULE FOR CATTLE 34I 



in stables; (13) The lighting of stables, and (14) Ven- 

 tilating stables. 



The location of a stable. — The proper location of a 

 farm stable is always a matter of much importance be- 

 cause of the very direct bearing which it has upon the 

 comfort and health of the animals, and on the time oc- 

 cupied in preparing food for them and in feeding it. 

 When selecting a site for a stable, the following con- 

 siderations are important: (i) That the location chosen 

 shall be as nearly central on the farm as may be found 

 practicable ; (2) that it shall be located not too distant 

 from the farm dwelling; (3) that it shall have all the 

 natural protection possible to secure for it; and (4) that 

 it shall be placed on ground easily drained. 



The great saving in labor from locating the stable 

 in common with the entire farm steading as near the 

 center of the farm as may be found practicable will be 

 apparent to the reflective mind. This saving will apply 

 to the amount of travel called for in journeying to and 

 from the fields while sowing, cultivating and harvesting 

 the crops, and while driving the live stock to and from 

 the pastures. The farm steading is usually placed near 

 the highway for no other reason, apparently, than to 

 have it near the same. 



While it is, of course, possible to locate the stable 

 so near the farm dwelling that odors from the yards 

 would sometimes prove disturbing, it would not be dis- 

 tant from the dwelling. Every day someone, and fre- 

 quently a number of persons, must pass many times in 

 a day over the space between the farm dwelling and the 

 stable. A few steps thus needlessly taken on each jour- 

 ney may seem to be of small account, but during a life- 

 time they would aggregate a very great distance. In 

 time of falling storms and drifting snows also this matter 

 becomes one of considerable importance. 



It may not be possible to secure natural protection 

 for a steading because of the character of the aspect of 



