The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-22
Ventilation Of Stables.

II. M. Culbertson, of Wisconsin, in
an address said:
One of the first indications OF an i'm
properly ventilated room is the accu'
mutation of frost on the walls in cold
weather. This is caused by the abun.
dance OF moisture being carried in the
warm air and returning to water when
striking cold surface This indicates
too much moisture for good health. In
occupying a room In which We feel
that breathing is carried on with un.
usual difficulty, shortness OF breath
where we soon become in a sweated
condition, illustrates lack of suff-
cient oxygen in the air Cobwebs
soon become laden with an accumula-
tion, germs of disease from animal
refuse and other sources are likely to
find lodging places here. and be con-
veyed to the weakly tissues and mem.
branes of animals One disease so
contracted and which has become
more or less common Is tuberculosis.
There is no fixed rule for adoption
In ventilation of buildings. but a prin-
| ciple which can be varied to suit most
any barn structure. The first to be
| provided is an outgo fiue for remov.
ing moisture, impure air. and the
coolest air in the room, which is near
est the floor. Four twelve inch boards
with their edges planed are joined to-
| gether so as to form long box.
This to be placed at a convenient loca-
tion in the stable, and spliced to make
1t OF suitable length to reach higher
than the highest point of the roof.
When placed about eight inches IRON
the floor, made as tight in the joints
as possible to insure goou draft. It
will make very satisfactory ventilat-
ing fiue.
When placed to draw near the floor
the coolest air in the room will be re-
moved and the vacuum thus formed
will be filed with air from higher
elevation and warmer, giving more
uniformity OF temperature in the
stable. To supply a draft for this
outgo flue and to secure pure air in
the room, be governed by the follow
ing: II the building is wooden
structure with inside and outside
boarding, make an opening in the in
head ceiling four by twelve inches,
and another of the same size below It,
but on the outside, about two feet
above the ground.
The pressure of the outside winds
will cause an inward and upward
movement of air through this hollow
wall into and at the top of the room,
where the inside air is the warmest,
and then, because of an outward cur
rent through the inside ventilating
flue the intake of pure air will go to
replace the outgo, changing the air
in all portions of the room, provid-
ing these intake ducts for pure air
are located about every fifteen feet
apart on all sides of the room, and an
outgo ventilating flue for every FIVE OF
six animals.
One additional feature will be peces
sary, which is, large opening. to be
made the outgo ventilating fiue al
the top of the room, with a damper
or slide to close the opening. so that
when the room becomes over heated
or carries too much moisture. this may
be opened to remove these conditions
and every intake duct must be pro
! vided with slide to close If the room
becomes too cold. A closely built
stable must have so many square
inches of intakes as there is of outgc
surface. The same hollow walls car
be built when constructing stone wal
7 stables, and to secure the same de
7 sired conditions where stone walls are
already built. If there is an openinl
through the wall at the ground, a.
some have for cats to pass in and out
construct wooden box of suitable
size for an intake duct with an elbow
at one end, and on the inside Of thu
| stable insert the elbow into the open
ing in the wall, raising the other ent
to the top of the room and plastic
closely. so there will be no opening a
the bottom. only through the inserted
duct.