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lower edge of the rack should be about eighteen inches above 

 the top of the manger. A rack that will hold twelve or fifteen 

 jDounds of hay is large enough. The rack may be filled from 

 an opening from the loft above, or it may be placed so as to be 

 filled from below. The rack may be made of wood or iron. 

 It should be well secured, so as not to be dragged down by the 

 horse. 



The gangway behind the stalls need not be more than seven 

 or eight feet wide, which would give the width of the stable 

 about sixteen and a half or seventeen feet, inside measure. If 

 several horses are to be kept in the stable, it should be a foot or 

 two wider, and particularly if boxes or chests for holding feed 

 are kept below, in the gangway. 



The doors should be strong and wide enough for the horses 

 to pass out without striking the door-posts. The doors may be 

 all in one piece, or, what is better, in panels, so that the upper 

 part of the door maybe left open, and the lower part shut. 

 A catch, or latch, should be so fixed as to hold the upper panel 

 of the door when it is opened. There should be two doors, 

 one at each end of the gangway. This afi'ords a good oppor- 

 tunity for airing the stable. 



The windows should be so placed as to admit light enough 

 that the ordinary work in the stable may be done without 

 opening the doors. They are generally placed along the side 

 opposite the stalls. They should have shutters so that the 

 stable may be darkened if necessary, which is often the case 

 when the horses require sleep in the day-time. It is often said 

 that enough air enters the stable through the cracks in the 

 doors and other apertures; but this is not the case if the stable 

 is tight enough to be sufficiently warm in the colder weather. 

 In summer a door or window may be left open, if there is no 

 danger of ill-disposed persons; but an arrangement should be 

 made to admit fresh air at all times. This should be admitted 

 close to the horses' heads, and close to the floor, but not so as 

 to strike them in a current. A long box, about a foot square, 



