Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-01-01
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sUGGEseNs ABoUr STABLES.


construction ktables We submitted few
suggestions thded TO aid those who feel
deairous ofplhg everything possible for the
comfort of lrherSes, In the work of planning
good S,abat9n about 10 build new oaes, or
to ro-const& OLD ones.
As sevc pther suggestions, which were
present to rsnind while writing onr former
article, wooHittel on account of our limited
space, we slfn 70 the subject, and commence
with relnaag that provision should always be
made, IL iesEay o. other, tor very free
anl sufi is# ventilation in all stables
There Afatsfew stables where this matter is
suficientstfs uded TO. There are but few
stables wll tlo not emit most offensive or
disagreed ofor when tue doors are first
opened itep ploruing. \ horse shut up in
such an 0sphere for considerable share of
every twyEour hours, can neither be as
eomfortsneF as healthy as he weuld be If
provisi lad7Oeen made TO secure puyer
supply dr.S TIE whole of the blood and
hunors big system must be contaminated
with thdEarlties Ct the atmosphere which he
is obli go hil,ale AID imb:be through his
lungs. lispOISonous matter cannot be taken
into thesasan for any great length Of tina
withouisducing some disease, or, at least,
soaie dessiDn OF strength aud spirits, and, a
prediSTti0u and readiuess to be affected with
actu i sAse. May not the dullness of eve,
ani waafls, brightness, which arc sometimes
observiu IprSes on first taking them out OF
the sta, bs owing 10 great measure to the
imput atmosphere which they have been
breath during a long night, or a longer
period ceuinenlent in their stable9 And
may nha Elnguor aud logsine,s, the want Of
streugiad syigqr, which are quite common
with 5, horses in tbs spring, be owing in a
gyeat.,reeto their being shut up in close,
ili-gen ted aud impure stables, during the
winter otis! However this may bt, il is
well aSfaincd that inflammation AMI weak
ness of stes. as we'll as coughs, colds, ia-
fuenzaad suAammati0us Of the luogs, are
often c,sd oy confinement 10 the foul and
uuwhones atmosphere Of some mnch-ae-
elected sd RECONSTRUCTED stables When
horses, tgei TO breathe such aa atmosphere
during ter come 10 be exposed, us they
naiurainiaet be, to sudden changes OF
;euiperae q the spring. it need not be
wonderslt that they should readily take cold
aud be araed with serious aud even fatal in-
fammaii Of the lungs.
Noiwsfan hiding the truth and obviousness
of thesacfs ans; considerations, horses aIc
of,eu shdP for whole days and nights in an
armosphj Which mau coulI not bear to
breathe dn one hour.
Two othe simplest contriyauces which we
have evesen, TO remedy the closeuess and
mpuriry Stables, were adopted by one who
became ssikle Of the Injury and discomfort
inflicted his horses by The use of stables open
to thess,bjec;ons The first consisted in
opening yornl windows in the walls Of the
stable. hese being hung, could be opened and
shut mo orsless according TO the weather.
Arotheef these coutriyances was the sub
stitntiopf a door divided into an upper and
10 ger b., in the place Of whole undivided
door. = the door faced to the south, the
upper II could be left open III ali sorts OF
weathersave the most stormy aud severely
cold. these means aud the insertions of u
sliding rat0 in the wall opposite, above the
heads the horses, great improvement was
effecteja enc stable; and by similar con-
triyanc al Improvement might be brought
about many cases.
in tIdmg nsw stables, however, provisiou
sbouide rn4de OF morc scientific and efficient
kind. Ths object may be accomplished ia
variouwaw; but one of the best is to adult
fresh u means Of a sliding grating at the
back oeach stall, and to have a hopper in the
ceiling .wi1 trunk up to the roof, TO allow
the espe ef heated and impure air Count'y
EeafIsan.