. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . he source of ophthalmia, grease,glandular swellings, etc. Now if pure air were obtainedonly at a great expense, it might be a reasonable excusefor not furnishing it in necessary abundance; but the factthat it is obtainable in all cases with a very little troubleand care, renders this neglect little less than a crime, forwhich there should be no excuse or apology. Now an abundance of ventilation in the stables may be VEJifTlLATION. 547 supplied in various ways, but the simplest and best is sub-stantially as follows : A chimney or opening through
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . he source of ophthalmia, grease,glandular swellings, etc. Now if pure air were obtainedonly at a great expense, it might be a reasonable excusefor not furnishing it in necessary abundance; but the factthat it is obtainable in all cases with a very little troubleand care, renders this neglect little less than a crime, forwhich there should be no excuse or apology. Now an abundance of ventilation in the stables may be VEJifTlLATION. 547 supplied in various ways, but the simplest and best is sub-stantially as follows : A chimney or opening through theceiling may be made in the form of a dome or cupola. Thetop should be roofed over and have lateral openings bymeans of weather-boards. The most conA^enient or com-fortable stable the writer has ever seen had such a venti-lator, which was so regulated that it could be partly orwholly closed, as desired. This was accomplished bymeans of two cords attached to opposite edges of a revolv-ing door, and adjusted in the lower part of this opening or. Fig. too high. chimney. Another special convenience was a contrivancefor obtaining and measuring grain to be fed, which was soingenious that I give a description of it: The grain wasconducted from the loft to the feeding floor by a spout inwhich were two slides. Pulling out one of these slides afew inches permitted the escape of two quarts, and theother one of four quarts of grain, which was deposited in adrawer beneath. In the bottom of the drawer was a screw,with a handle projecting from the side of the spout. Mov-ing this handle right and left a few times shook the bottomlike a sieve, and thus removed all the dust and dirt, leav-ing the grain clean, fresh, and ready for use. 548 STABLING. I have found two features about the stables as usuallyconstructed through the country, which are so faulty thatI would urge the necessity of having them , in the construction of mangers and racks. The man-ger, an open troug
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