The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-12-15
On The Siabting aud Grooming of Horses.
From the Encyclopedia of Agriculture I

ioii bhtyIioItuid III agriculture
The stabling of horses is a mos, important
point in then management, tie more so rs be.
ing wholly a deviation rom nature hence IN
der the mosi judiciOus management il is liable
10 produce some departure from i.eallh, and ~
sohc times managed, Is most hultiul TO II. Go.
ihhIs, Dressing, OF Coniblns. and exercise, are
also highly important.
Euey eiabie shOuid be large. coal md nif2. II
is too common 10 suppose that warmth Is -
congenlal to horses, that they cannot be L,pt
too hoI hui there is reason to suppose TIA, u,s
ny of the diseases Of horses are attributable To
the eneryating effects of unnatural heal, and OF
an air bieathed aud rebreaIhPd over paain
Blame says. Is II not alike repugnan, 10 Mason
and experience, 10 expect to keep uuimais 10
health, that from stables heated to sixty de.
gfcrs, and further protected by warm clotliiGr.
are FIRST stripped and next exposed TO ii ten
perature ~ the freezing point Hit be aIgurd
that habit aud exercise render these les huitful.
II will be easy TO answer thar their original har-
Glhood Is lost by confinement and artificial
treatment and that neither does exercise al
ways tend TO obviate the effects of tins sudden
change, tor om best carriage horses. and bach
neys also, have often to wait for hours in roads
and streets the Convenience OF the owners, OF tue
pleasure of ill9 groom.
The hcat Of stable shoald be regulated by n
thermometer, and the neat shown Ly it should
never exceed SEQ of Fahrenheit in winter, OF
OR OF 63e IN summer. To renew the ar the
stable should be well ventilated and which IL
bes' done b, trunks or tubes passing from the
ceiling through the ROOT.
The stable should not ouly be UcH ventilated,
but Il should be light also ; and the windows
should be so constructed as TO admit light and
air, without making a current of wind Oh the
bodies of iie horses Darkened stables are We
" hurtfIi 20 the ~ es neither do they, as was
formerly supposed at Newmarket, tend to the
condition on resi- OF a horse.
4 stable should hare a close ceiling 10 keep the
dust aud dirt from the bay-loit from entering
ihc hOIaes' eyes. 1t is also necessary to prevent
the amnlonicai gases from ascending and lodg-
ing in the hay Ii is preferable that the hay
loft be altogether removed nom over the stable
and II very high ceiling even to the r"1i were
substituted, II would be toI the benefit OF the
horses.
The finn Of The rack and munger should be
attended To. Shopping racks ave Disadvantage
Gus, as encouraging dust IN the eyes. They
should therefore be upright, aud by no means 30
high as they usually are, by which the head aud
neck are put ipjuriously on the stretch. - .
pIesfthat this is unpleasant to horses, many Ct
the, frs, pull out all the hay, uni then ietsnre'y
eat II, The ,nauger should be VIDE al the bot
tom and ola proper height care should he ia
ken thai no Spllnters are present TO endanger the
lips, nose, and mouth. The halter rcins should,
in good stables, be suffered 10 run within a groove
within The manager past, 10 prevent the rein from
cnialgllng 'hp legs.
The staAs u q stable should be ,ccdc. Strains
IN the back, aud evrn ~orse evils, are the ctrqe
uuCuCp of the staudulo LtIup tao uaiYoty Xiii
are Objectionable from the ease with Which hor.
SIS can kick Over thenl aud also from tho
quickest trrdci getting The most loud, when sc.
veIai horses stand together bailed.
The acOiriY Of the ssal5 i a matter of much
dispute j: Whrn toe nucI raised, -. ia dealers
stables, they put the back sine"s Oh the stretch,
aud fatigue hon ses much. II Is more HataraI
that they should he even or that a very slight
slope only be allowed TO carry OF the urine.
The best mode, however, Of carry ing off the u
riie. n ny means OF ~ small Grating 10 each stall
communicating with il cess pool without. doors
which should be- closed up, that "A current OF an
may mol come through the grating. Such a con
lrivance will efirctuallt easy oil he water. AN,
prevent he volatile aikali ofti,e urine from i'm
ORIGINATING the air around. For the same rea
sous the dung should he removed, if possible
wholly WITHOUT the stable as soon as drop,ed
for the eSlIalatiOns from thai are also amnloni
cal. aud con rgIrntly hurtfui. 10 this cause n
lone, we may attribute MANY d,scases particu
larly the 9 eat tendency siablrd horses have I,
beconle affected IN ihe Eyes. The iunerncy u
Ibis eiilnsia l. familiar 10 every one on enirrin!
"A 'Iust stable IA TIE morning, aud when the Ion,
soIied iiiler Is removed. II Ia absolutely ~untIeara
blr.
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