. Our farm and building book. . tilated in winter. The floorshould be made in such a manner thatit will not absorb the liquids from themanure, and there should be no cracksto let these liquids down underneathto ferment and destroy the air in thebuilding. Stable ceilings must neces-sarily be high enough to permit a horseto get his head up. Horses are warmanimals; that is, they contain body heatenough to warm a stable when condi-tions are as they should be. Before starting to build, put a littletime on the study of ventilation. Readup on the circulation of warm air. Dontdepend on others, because
. Our farm and building book. . tilated in winter. The floorshould be made in such a manner thatit will not absorb the liquids from themanure, and there should be no cracksto let these liquids down underneathto ferment and destroy the air in thebuilding. Stable ceilings must neces-sarily be high enough to permit a horseto get his head up. Horses are warmanimals; that is, they contain body heatenough to warm a stable when condi-tions are as they should be. Before starting to build, put a littletime on the study of ventilation. Readup on the circulation of warm air. Dontdepend on others, because they mightnot understand the particular conditionsyou are dealing with. It is well enoughto ask advice, but get the informationfrom different sources, so that you maybe able to sift the quality of your in-structions sufficiently to keep the grainand discard the chaff. Dont blindlycopy a stable that some one else hasbuilt, without carefully consideringwhether or not it fits your requirements. A horse stable that works all right. Prize Winning Draft Team at International Stock Show—A Model for to Work to. for one farmer is all wrong for an-other, because his horses may be larger,or he may have more of them, or hehandles them differently. Some farmershave a lot of horses that they pressinto service in the summer time andturn out in the yards and sheds to win-ter. Such farmers usually raise horsesto sell and have more than they need atall times. Other farmers keep just whathorses they need to do the work. Theykeep four horses or six horses the yearround and they have no intention ofaltering their usual custom. But ineither case a man can arrange a stablefor a _ certain number of horses andbuild it accordingly. In cold weather, a stable big enoughfor six horses will not be warm enoughif only two are stabled. If, for anyreason, the stable is too large, it is betterto fill it up with cows in the winter, forthe reason that you cannot have venti-lation without heat. On general prin-c
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