Litchfield enquirer., 1860-12-27
HORSE,STABLE ARRANGEMENTS.

Dr. RueA, German professor from Hohen- helm, claiming to have had much experience with horses and to have made the construction of stalls study in various countries has written twenty-seyen pages upon thls subject for the last ratent Office Report, from which we condense the following suggestions:
 otaDies should be near and convenient to the mousse because the eye of the master is often worth as much as fodder to the animal, Horses require higher degree of temperature than cat tie, therefore they should occupy different sta biss. Dryness and warmth are essential to their highest health. The stable bottom should be so constructed as to furnish a comfortable rest lng.place, and prevent the accumulation of i'm purltles. A descent of from one to two per cent. IS safest and most suitable. A greater de- scent strains the muscles of the limbs and back, and makes the hoof goatish and heel-bound. The most durable and cheapest materials for a sta ble floor are double-burnt bricks Their chief disadvantage IS in wearing out and loosening shoes rapidly, which may be partially remedied by an abundance of good litter. Cast-iron and gutta-percha floors are used in some English stables. The average space for single stall should be sixty-six square feet, or a width of six feet and length of eleven. If there are two rows of stands in stable, the passage-way, when the backs of the horses are opposite each other, should be at least ten feet, and when the horses face sace other, five feet. The higEt of staple should be in proportion to the number ot norses-for single horse, not less than ten ieet' and for larger number sixteen to twenty feet. Unoccuped stalls in barn should be fili- ca out with straw in order to produce warmth ana reduce space. The door of a stable should ue rounaea' @ to prevent injury to the hips of an- mals: The doors most in use in cold weatbar should be on the side next the sun. so tbat tba change oi temperature may not make the ami mais uncomfortable. They should open ont. ward, and never be self-closing. A well,hphteS stable is very important. Light promotes action and the want of it sluggishness and fat. A plar' ing light irritates the eye, while too much dark. ness deadens the optic nerve Skyhohts arc highly commended, and they also best favor n circulation of air. A window in the rear of n horse is preferable to one in front, unless the lat
 ter is placed at such night as to carry the rays of light and currents of air above his head. White is bad color for the walls of a stable. on account of it's bright reflective power Blue, yellow or green tinges are far preferable. Ven ulatlon is essential to the health of a horse. since the lungs of a middle-sized animal draw at each inhalation one hundred and twenty cubic inches. Those methods are the best which can ou;oonstantly in operation without injury to the ,",als. ;n Such are chimneys built into the cell shs,. JIe. passage-ways. The night of the manager ; h;n pe a6out four feet, or should correspond .n H.; n,sn1 with the elbow of the horse Too bioh "pusu9n :a, inctes to wastefulness in feed and ssSn crioplng; It is impossible for Q borsa to indulge crobng propensity when the tan n'fss nftbe