The 



654 THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



squares indicated in the plans are box-stalls 16 by 16 feet square, with one door 



double-thick, 4 feet six inches wide, 

 and 8 feet high. Latch, a straight 

 piece f by |-inch iron, 1 foot long, 

 mortised into the center edge of the 

 door, end protruding 1 inch, to catch 

 latch hook; an iron plate with slot 

 for latch to play in is screwed on the 

 edge; an inch hole is bored under 

 the latch, to raise with. One window, 

 12 lights, 12 by 16 on outside, and 

 one 9-light window, from stall to alley, 

 covered with No. 9 wire screening. 

 The outside window is grated with 

 inch refuse gas pipe, set three inches 

 apart (cost about $35 per ton); win 

 dows hang on weights. The north 

 and south sides of stalls are ceiled 

 with 2-inch matched plank, 5 feet 

 high, and from there to top with 

 1-inch matched stuff. 



The hay-shoot is built in the out 

 side corner, with 2 -feet runs, and ex 

 tends 6 feet above the upper floor, 

 and has a slide-door on the long side, 

 that can be raised, and leaves an 

 opening in the shoot on a level with 

 the floor when desired. The bottom 

 of the shoot is grated gas pipe 3 

 feet 6 inches long, set on an incline 

 from the corner to the outside of the 

 bottom of shoot, which is 6 feet from 

 the floor of stall. These pipes are 

 set 6 inches from centers at the top, 

 and one of them moves in a slot, so as 

 to double the distance when required. 

 Under the shoot is a manger, 

 made of oak, with a side-run of 3 feet 

 6 inches. Its height is 3 feet 6 inches, 

 and ceiled in front to the bottom of 

 stall. In the opposite corner is the 

 grain feed-box, opening into an alley 

 by a slide-door 1 foot 8 inches by 2 

 feet 6 inches, hung on weights. The 

 feed-box is made the same as the 

 manger, only smaller. 



The partitions between the stalls 

 are made by setting 2 by 4-inch stud 

 ding 6 inches apart on sill, and ex 

 tending 5 feet high. Both sides are then ceiled with common matched and dressed flooring, 



