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are self -regulating. The objections to the ball-cock trough are 

 that it is less likely to receive attention than the ordinary trough, 

 and that the ball-cock being covered over, the part under the cover- 

 ing is not easily cleaned. 



Although a yard-trough is perhaps not theoretically the best, 

 it possesses advantages, inasmuch as one trough is more likely to 

 be thoroughly cleaned than are a number of stable pots. It is also 



FIG. 68. View of an inside loose-box showing fittings. The manger is in the 

 corner opposite the hay rack. The side next the stall may be close- 

 boarded throughout if desired. 



more open to inspection, and in the light. It provides greater 

 certainty that horses will get a sufficiency of water. 



Loose-Boxes. Whatever the size of the stud may be, at least 

 one loose-box is necessary, and the urgent need for one is only 

 noticed when it is wanting. If at all possible, loose-boxes should be 

 built outside the stable proper, and removed some little distance 

 from it, and should be out of the track of horses passing to and from 

 their work. If economy of space and of money is not of pressing 

 importance, one or more boxes can with advantage be included in 

 the ordinary stable fittings in addition to one or more outside, but 

 where it is not possible to have both inside and outside boxes, pre- 

 ference should always be given to the outside ones, and these con- 

 sidered chiefly for the use of sick animals. 



