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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The partitions, 

 rear and 6 feet 

 11/2 inch souther 

 with their ends 

 To this frame is 

 top of the partiti 

 iron. The iron 

 the ends of the 



as shown in Figs. 13 and 15, are 4 feet high at the 

 high at the front. They consist of a solid frame of 

 n pine flooring resting on the top of the cement pier 

 carried in the grooves in the posts above mentioned. 



nailed on each side %x2i/^ inch maple flooring. The 

 on, curved as shown, is covered with 3 inch No. 16 strap 

 is screwed to the frame and, at proper intervals, to 

 flooring. 



Fig. 17. View of box stalls. 



The mangers and feed boxes are made of 11/2 i^ch southern pine floor- 

 ing. Their dimensions are shown in Fig. 13. The mangers are held 

 in place by maple cleats screwed to the partitions. 



A partition built to the posts of the stalls separates the stalls from 

 the feed alley. A view of this partition is shown in Fig. IG and the 

 details are shown in part in Fig. 13. 



The feed doors, fifteen and one-half inches high and fifty -eight and 

 one-half inches long, are separated from each other by one and one- 

 half inch strips, are hinged to drop and when closed are held shut by 

 small metal door latches. 



As shown in Fig. IG, there is carried in the upper part of the parti- 

 tion a woven wire guard fourteen and one-half inches -by fifty-eight 

 inches. This admits the free passage of both air and light. 



Upon the upper edges of mangers and feed boxes are screwed strips of 

 one and one-half inch number thirteen strap iron to prevent the horses 

 from gnawing and otherwise marring these parts. 



