Training and horse management in India, with Hindustanee vocabulary and C.T.C. weights for age and class / by M. Horace Hayes.

  • Matthew Horace Hayes
Date:
1893
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Credit: Training and horse management in India, with Hindustanee vocabulary and C.T.C. weights for age and class / by M. Horace Hayes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    stable, they will be able to get better rest, than if more animals were present. The roof of the stable should afford perfect protec- tion from the direct rays of the sun ; for which object, thatch will be found to be the best material. Flat masonry roofs may be protected by having earthen vessels (Hind. Gurra), filled with water, placed on them; while tiled roofs may be covered by jhamps. If expense is no object, double roofs may be employed with great advantage. The stable may be admirably ventilated by a space of a few inches being allowed, all round, between the roof and the top of the outside walls. At the head of each box or stall, there should be a window, say, a yard square and a yard and a half above the ground. The space below the window may be occupied by a movable door, which, during the hot hours, may be taken away, and a thin bamboo screen hung across the opening. If the stable be built of brick, additional ventilation may be obtained by having alternate bricks removed from the first two or three bottom rows of the wall, at the head of the stall, for a distance of six or seven feet. These holes may be stopped up in cold weather. If possible, there should always be a space of a few inches all round, between the roof and the top of the outside walls. The outside of the stable should be whitewashed, and the walls inside should be dark coloured. When flies are troublesome, surkunda (a cane-like grass) or split bamboo screens should be placed in front of the doorways and windows, and should be kept down from sunrise to sunset. I may remark that the
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