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as for corn in tlie mangers. There are various 

 patterns of racks and mangers, none of them possess- 

 ing any great advantage over the rest. Some are 

 made with the rack for hay above the mangers, some 

 with it on the side of the manger. I could never 

 tell that there was any advantage in having it on a 

 level with the manger, and it is most commonly 

 placed above it. 



There are various things used for the horse to 

 lie upon, but straw is the best in the country, and 

 by far the most generally used. In a town, where 

 straw is very dear, sawdust, if it can be obtained, is 

 as good a substitute as any I know. The height of 

 a box may be about nine feet. This will put the 

 ceiling out of the horse's reach and allow room for a 

 proper door and plenty of opening for light and air 

 above it. A horse can turn round easily in eight 

 feet of width, and the length should be about four 

 feet more, that is, the box should be nine feet high, 

 eight feet wide, and twelve feet long. This will 

 give a fair sized and fairly proportioned box for a 

 sixteen hands high horse. A row of boxes such as I 

 have described will be found to be the simplest and 

 cheapest form in which they can be built, and they 

 can either be built with the roof immediately over 

 them, or there can be another storey on the top, 

 forming granaries for corn and hay or sleeping 

 rooms for grooms. 



Where stabling is required for a large number of 



