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Drainage ---------...- 328 



Channels -.--.. 328 



Underground Drains ----.-..-- 329 



Stable Trap — Intercepting Tank --.-.-.. 330 



Ventilation . . . 330 



Harness-Room - 331 



A Good Harness-Room 331 



Furniture of a Harness-Room ..--...-. 332 



Spare-Harness Room --........ 333 



Fodder-Room --..--..--.- 333 



The Coach-House -...-.. 334 



Tool-House - - 334 



The Yard .__.... 334 



Gates for the Yard -..---..... 334 



The Manure —Carriage-Washing Stand ....... 335 



Water-Supply -...------.. 336 



Stables for Cart-Horses .-.-...-. 335 



The Fittings— Flooring -.--..-... 337 



Tramway Stables -.-.-...-.. 337 



Racing Stables ........... 338 



Stable Management ........... 339 



The Importance of Complete Supervision ...... 339 



Grooms _ _ _ . 340 



Stable Vices . . . - - - 341 



Habit of Eating the Bedding — Night Kicking or Stamping in Stable — 



Tearing Clothes and Bandages -------- 341 



Horses putting their feet in the Manger — Pawing and Scraping in Stable - 342 



Lying on Elbow — Capped Hocks — Crib-biting — Wind-sucking - - - 343 



Food 343 



Preparation of Food— Cooked Food — Feeding with Oats and Long Hay — 



Mixed Food — System of Feeding ----.--. 346 



Total Amount of Food— Oats --------- 347 



Barley — Maize .... - 348 



AVheat— Beans ...--....-- 349 



Pease — Bran — Linseed — Mangolds and Turnips ... - 350 



Carrots — Green Food — Hay .---..- - 351 



Straw - - 354 



