374 ORDER. 



5.30-6. Change clothing, take off head collars, hay and water. 



6-6.30. Supper. 



6.30. Feed horses. 



9. Water horses and fill buckets. 



ORDER. 

 "A place for everything, everything in its place." 



A convenient place should be provided for everything, 

 and everything kept in its place when not in use. Pitch- 

 forks, brooms and shovels should have a space large enough 

 to accommodate them all together at one end of the stable, 

 and at the cost of from one to three dollars especially 

 designed hooks and brackets may be had for their support. 

 The pails should have a place near the water tap and be 

 neatly " lined up " when not in use. The grooming inple- 

 ments should be kept in a cleaning basket or on open 

 shelves, deep enough to hold the " dandy brush." By divid- 

 ing the shelves with strips of wood for the brushes, cloths, 

 currycombs, etc., it will be seen at a glance what article, if 

 any, is missing. The oat measure, sieve, lamps, cleaning 

 bridle, and blankets should have supports provided for them, 

 and not be permitted to be thrown on the floor or poked 

 away in a dark closet. Places should be so arranged for all 

 stable requisites that an owner can say, " Where is the bit 

 that belongs there, or a broom here } " etc. Have no closets 

 with doors. Open shelves are to the stable what open 

 plumbing is to the house. 



" If we should see that which in a badly organized stable is sure to be 

 seen, namely, all sorts of stable utensils and requisites in holes and corners, 

 on the window ledges, in the corn bin (if one be in the stable), the steps 

 of the loft ladder, and various other improper lodgments for them, the want 



