. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. KACING OR HUNTING STABLE. It is divided into four separate stables thirty-six feet long and eigh-teen wide, in which three or even four loose boxes may be separatedby partitions nine feet high with open iron tops, as shown at page172, or one or more may be divided by travises into six stalls eachsix feet wide. I have already alluded to the fittings for each, andtherefore I need say nothing more here beyond alluding to theplan itself.* * The plan on the ensuing page, of a stable belonging; to Mr. Samuel ,
. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. KACING OR HUNTING STABLE. It is divided into four separate stables thirty-six feet long and eigh-teen wide, in which three or even four loose boxes may be separatedby partitions nine feet high with open iron tops, as shown at page172, or one or more may be divided by travises into six stalls eachsix feet wide. I have already alluded to the fittings for each, andtherefore I need say nothing more here beyond alluding to theplan itself.* * The plan on the ensuing page, of a stable belonging; to Mr. Samuel , of Philadelphia, was selected after a careful examination, asbeing unusually well arranged for four or five horses. It has now accom-modations for five horses, but it could lie made very convenient for fourby taking out the partition between the fourth and fifth stalls, thus makingthree stalls and a loose —Editor. 176 THE 33/^ FT PLAN OF STABLE FOR FOUR OR FIVE HORSES. A Stalls. B Hay-Rack. C Carriage House. D Doors. E Closet for harness, with glass doors. F Stairs to the Hay Loft, kc. G Manger. H Stench Trap. W Windows. NECESSITY FOR AIRING NEW STABLES. To PUT HORSES INTO NEW STABLES without airing them is togive them cold or rheumatism. Indeed those which have beenmerely uninhabited for some months are not fit for horses that areaccustomed to be kept warm and dry, without taking the followingprecautions. If the walls are very new some open stoves shouldbe kept burning for at least a week, not with the windows and doorsshut, as is often done, but with a good current of air blowingthrough the whole building. In the absence of regular stovesloose bricks may be built up so as to allow a good draught of airthrough the coals or wood burnt in them, and thus to give out asmuch heat as is wanted. For stables that have merely been closedfor a month or two a fire kindled on the floor and kept burning fora few h
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