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in no case be more than 3 inches, fen-, if steeper, it 

 aifects the joints and loins of the liorse. 



The iron drains are 1 1-4 in. high, 1 in. wide inside, 

 about one-eighth inch thick, and G feet long, and 

 closed at the head end. 



The urine flows off through the iron drains into 

 the gutter behind the stalls, and from there through 

 the conducts to the sewer. 



This method of laying stable floors is not uncom- 

 mon in Europe, and has, of Lite, been introduced in 

 the new stables, built bj' the Lion Brewery, Ninth 

 avenue and One Hundred and Eighth street. New 

 York City, where it gives complete satisfaction, and 

 the cost is very little. 



It is a fact that, perhaps two-thirds of our horses 

 are, after a day's hard work, not only badly cared for, 

 but condemned to seek rest and recuperation in 

 stables unfit for any living creature, badly lighted, 

 ha.d\y ventilated, and worst of all, entirely indileqnateh/ 

 drained. 



The poor creatures are condemned to inhale, dur- 

 ing the whole night, the health-destroj-iug vapors of 

 a rotten floor, and bedding saturated with ammonia 

 and all this because the present way of flooring 

 stables is altogether wrong. This nuisance could be 

 easily removed by simply breaking the old custom. 



An improvement in this direction would be an act 



