1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
899 
MUSLIN VENTILATORS. 
In regard to muslin ventilation for stables 
and poultry houses, is there any difference 
whether ventilators are on windward or cold 
side or not? Should ventilators be in cold¬ 
est or warmest part of stable? Also will it 
be colder near ventilators than in other parts 
of stable? IIow manv sauare feet of muslin 
do I want for 25 to 30 head of horses and 
cattle? In regard to poultry houses where 
should ventilators be placed, and how much 
muslin to 100 cubic feet? Would the common 
unbleached sheeting be good to use for venti¬ 
lators? s. t. s. 
Sherman, N. l r . 
The object of ventilation is to supply a 
proper amount of fresh air to the occu¬ 
pants of a house or stable in such a man¬ 
ner that the inside atmosphere will not 
become laden with excessive moisture or 
its temperature seriously reduced during 
the coldest Winter weather. Draughts 
dows can be placed in the south and east 
sides, making it necessary to place them 
on the cold north and west sides, the 
amount of cloth may be reduced to one 
and a half square foot for each cow and 
No. 10 cotton duck substituted for the 
muslin or sheeting during very cold 
weather. On the west and north sides 
of the stable it is better to fasten the 
cloth over every other window, tacking it 
directly on to the window frame, and 
nailing a thin strip of lath around the 
edge to make it secure and airtight. On 
the windward sides of the stable I prefer 
this method to separate frames, as it is 
difficult to make the frame fit as closely 
as is required where a strong wind is 
blowing against them. Another advan¬ 
tage is that it leaves the window free to 
be opened or closed without interfering 
with the curtain. Of course, it is seldom 
necessary to close a window, only when 
the stable temperature falls below 45 de¬ 
grees F., or in a very damp location near 
the ocean 50 degrees is cold enough, but 
MUSLIN VENTILATORS IN HORSE STABLE. Fig. 453. 
must also be avoided. This is accom¬ 
plished by tacking common muslin or 
sheeting on to frames placed in the 
lower half of the windows, or openings 
made for the purpose if there are not 
enough windows. The amount of cloth 
used depends on the number of cubic 
feet of space allowed for each animal, the 
outside temperature, the velocity of the 
wind, and the position of the curtains in 
the stable. Under ordinary conditions 
each cow is allotted about 500 cubic feet 
of space, and should be provided with a 
window two feet square, one-half of 
which is muslin and the other half glass, 
making two square feet of each for each 
cow or horse. If, however, there are 
more than 500 cubic feet of space for each 
animal the amount of cloth may be re¬ 
duced accordingly. 
Of course, every stable should face the 
south and east so as to receive the full 
benefit from the sunshine. Where such 
is the case, at least two-thirds or three- 
fourths of the windows covered with 
cloth or glass should be on the south and 
east sides, and one-fourth to one-third 
of them on the west and north sides. If 
the stable is so located that but few win¬ 
the temperature must be kept between 
45 and 55 degrees F. for the best results 
to be obtained. When the curtains are 
properly adjusted the outside temperature 
can fall to 10, or even 20 degrees below 
zero, and the stable temperature will re¬ 
main at 45 degrees two feet from the 
cloth curtains. The temperature in the 
center of the stable will be practically 
two degrees- higher. 
For poultry houses the windows should 
be placed in the south side only, and 
about one square foot of the muslin or 
common sheeting is used for each 100 
cubic feet of space to be ventilated. It 
is important that this curtain should not 
come nearer than three feet from the 
floor, as it is fastened to a frame which 
is hinged at the top and opened during 
pleasant days, which would let too much 
cold air in directly on the birds if nearer 
the floor. If the temperature of the room 
is liable to fall below the freezing point, 
the roosts should be arranged along the 
back of the house, and an additional bur¬ 
lap curtain made of bran sacking should 
be arranged so as to close down from the 
roof to the edge of the roost platform 
on very cold nights. The picture, Fig. 
453, shows the ventilators in the stable on 
the farm of the Sailors’ Snug Harbor, 
Staten Island. c. s. greene. 
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