The horse for work or pleasure : with chapters on feeding, management, diseases, and accidents by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses
Publisher: London : Vinton
Published: 1907-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

referred to by those who decide upon ensuring that the ventilation of their stables is to be complete. It may, nevertheless, be stated that horses^ if well clothed, can stand a good amount of fresh air, provided always they are kept out of draughts, and that few things can be more prejudicial to their health than long confinement in a vitiated atmosphere. About twelve hundred cubic feet is a fair allowance of air for an ordinary sized horse, but if the figures could be extended by a quarter or a half, it would be greatly to the advantage of the occupants of the stable. The question of drainage is also one that should attract the attention of an owner, be he rich or poor, that desires to keep his animals in health and up to their work, and in this respect many stables are lamentably deficient. Fortunately, however, the horrible old-fashioned gulleys, in which the urine would remain for days contaminating the atmosphere, are falling out of use, their places being occupied by a more satisfactory arrangement, in which gratings and properly constructed drain-pipes form an important feature. It is, nevertheless, very frequently the case that these gratings and drains are permitted to become choked, so that the fluid which they are expected to carry away floods the stable floor, whilst in other instances there is a woeful disregard to all attempts at trapping the drains, the result being that noxious gases are freely admitted into the stables, to the great danger of the horses' lives. The prevention of such risks should unquestionably be the care of the owner of the animals, and the poorer he is the more reason it will be for him to endeavour to save himself from certain loss. The paving of the floor is, of course, a subject for careful consideration, and efforts should be made to ensure the horses getting a good foothold when passing to and fro between their stalls and the door, as well as to arrange for a durable substance

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