. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse. Horses; Horses; Stables; CHR 1895; PRO Dickson, Anna (donor); PRO Dickson, Agnes (donor). CHAPTER XV. ABOUT STABLES. However expensive a barn may be. it can never be suitable for horses if bad odors prevail, as is the case in very many stables, nor where dampness holds sway. Horses are placed with their faces to high stone walls very often, with no board lining and air space between to carry off the moist air. These walls are wet in summer by condensing the humidity. GENERAL WASHINGTON'S STABLE AT MOUNT VERNON. in the warm ai
. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse. Horses; Horses; Stables; CHR 1895; PRO Dickson, Anna (donor); PRO Dickson, Agnes (donor). CHAPTER XV. ABOUT STABLES. However expensive a barn may be. it can never be suitable for horses if bad odors prevail, as is the case in very many stables, nor where dampness holds sway. Horses are placed with their faces to high stone walls very often, with no board lining and air space between to carry off the moist air. These walls are wet in summer by condensing the humidity. GENERAL WASHINGTON'S STABLE AT MOUNT VERNON. in the warm air, and bristle with frost in winter from the same cause. Avoid them, and keep horses out of basement stables if possible. Indigestion, influenza and rheumatism are di- rectly traceable to such environments. Proper construction, ventilation and absorbents make a stable that is sweet for horses and safe for men. Wherever possible let the stable face the south, and put the stalls on the sunny side of the building. A well known reformer once said: " Light is one of the best preventives of crime," so also sunlight is one of the best preventives of sickness. No animal can do well living in the dark. Darkness or only dim light injures, and is the cause of much. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU. Philadelphia : Wilmer Atkinson Co.
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