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for plenty of light, as nothing will add more to the appear- 

 ance of the stable and the health of the animals than plenty 

 of sunshine. 



The stalls should be of sufficient length and width to 

 answer the needs of the animals. Single stalls are prefera- 

 ble to double stalls on account of the greater safety and 

 freedom which they afford the animals. This is especially 

 true in the case of a man who is constantly purchasing new 

 animals. Some of the stalls should be larger than others 

 so as to make ample provision for larger animals. Box 

 stalls should always be provided. They are very convenient 

 for brood mares, foals, or horses which are in any way 

 injured. No stable is complete without at least two large, 

 well-lighted v box stalls. They also make a very safe place to 

 put a vicious horse in during the night, thus preventing his 

 harming the other animals in the stable should he by accident 

 become freed from his own stall. 



The mangers should not be too high from the ground 

 and should be provided tight, bottoms. Boxes should be 

 arranged in one end of the manger for the purpose of feed- 

 ing grain. The floors may be brick, cement, wood or 

 ground. The brick floors are durable, but hard on the ani- 

 mal unless very heavily bedded. The cement floors are 

 much the same as the brick, with the exception that they 

 are not so durable where horses have sharp calkins on their 

 shoes. The sharp calkins have a tendency to chip the 

 cement and in time make holes in the same. The wooden 

 floors are not durable and are also filthy, due to the fact 

 that they retain too much moisture. The ground floor is the 

 only kind which is not hard on the feet of the horse. They 

 are objectionable in some instances, due to the fact that they 

 are easily "pawed" by horses which have such a tendency. 



In recapitulation we would emphasize the importance of 

 securing the greatest amount of convenience, comfort, light, 

 and durability for the least possible expenditure of money. 



