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expand. The panelled door used by the farmer would probably be the 

 ready -made imported door known as the stock door. Stock doors may 

 be had varying in thickness of frame from 1£ inches to If inches, and 

 in width and height from 2' 6" by 6' 6" to 3' 0" by 7' 0". Glass 

 doors, and double doors, etc., can also be had of the stock variety. 





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Doors for Stables, Loose-Boxes, Cow-Byres, etc. — Doorways through 

 which horses or cattle have to pass should not be less than 4 feet in 

 width. The height should be at least 7 feet, though Fig. 99, which 

 illustrates a double-leaved door suitable for a loose-box for horses, shows 

 a height of 7' 6" as being preferable in this case; while the lower 

 leaf should not be less than the height shown to prevent the horse 

 occupying the box from trying to get over it when the upper leaf is open. 



