. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. annoyanceto sensitive of the most serious objections to stables as they are usuallyconstructed throughout the country, is the lack of proper they are nothing but close boxes, and entirely too small forthe number of horses kept in them. The doors and windows areclosed, and the bedding, saturated with ammonia, is tucked awayunder the manger. If there is an upper flooring, it is made the re-ceptacle for hay, so that it not only obstructs any possible ventila-
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. annoyanceto sensitive of the most serious objections to stables as they are usuallyconstructed throughout the country, is the lack of proper they are nothing but close boxes, and entirely too small forthe number of horses kept in them. The doors and windows areclosed, and the bedding, saturated with ammonia, is tucked awayunder the manger. If there is an upper flooring, it is made the re-ceptacle for hay, so that it not only obstructs any possible ventila-tion through the stable, but by becoming impregnated with thepoisoned air below, it is rendered unfit for food. Any one goinginto such a stable, especially during warm weather, will have theeyes immediately affected by the escape of ammonia, which, withthe contamination of the air, caused by being breathed over and over,makes it even sickening to breathe any length of time. It is evident that to supply the weaf and tear of bodily struct-ure, the food must not only be good, but of sufficient quantity to. Fig. 368.—The Accepted Method in General Use. SERIOUS OBJECTIONS. 303 supply nourishment to the body. Now, a horse can live days, andeven weeks, without food, while he cannot live five minutes withoutair. It is needless to enter into details as to the quantity of air ahorse breathes in any given time, as every intelligent reader has agood idea of this ; but the fact that a horse will quickly die whendeprived of air is not so forcibly impressed upon the mind. Now, itis evident that if the blood is not oxygenated by means of pure airpassing to the lungs, the system will soon be poisoned ; thus it isseen how necessary it is that there should be plenty of air in thestable, and as pure and free from contamination as possible. If itbecomes impure in consequence of there being too many horses inthe stable, and also loaded with ammonia from the bedding, it can-not properly purify theb
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