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There will also not be either light enough or air 

 enongh for a stable such as I have described from 

 an opening immediately above the door, and one or 

 more windows will be required. 



These should be ordinar}^ sash windows with 

 panes, and should be made to open both at the top 

 and bottom, but as it will be necessary to have some 

 permanent opening, there should be one or two open- 

 ings constructed, so that they could not be shut. 



A very good plan, and as simple a one as any, 

 is to cut out one or more panes of glass from the top 

 of the windows, and to keep them always open. 



The end of the stall where the horse's head is 

 should have a rack for hay, a manger foi: corn, and 

 a trough for water. Some stable fittings are made 

 with the rack on the same level as the other two, so 

 that the horse eats the hay from below him. 



But the common way is to have the rack screwed 

 to the wall in one corner above the horse's head, or 

 on a level with it. 



I do not know of any great advantage or dis- 

 advantage in either plan over the other. 



It would I think be a judicious plan, where 

 ponies are kept, to have their racks made on purpose 

 for them, and half the ordinary size. It is difficult 

 for the groom or man who feeds the horses to 

 estimate the quantity of hay he gives the horses, 

 except by filling the rack full of hay shaken up light, 

 and the consequence is, that ponies generally get 



