The floor was covered with sawdust and leaves, and the ceiling and tops of the walls were whitewashed.

Mrs.Wood said that her husband would not have the walls a glare of white right down to the floor, because he thought it injured the animals' eyes.

So the lower parts of the walls were stained a dark, brown color.
There were doors at each end of the stable, and just now they stood open, and a gentle breeze was blowing through, but Mrs.Wood said that when the cattle stood in the stalls, both doors were never allowed to be open at the same time.

Mr.Wood was most particular to have no drafts blowing upon his cattle.

He would not have them chilled, and he would not have them overheated.