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THE PRACTICAL HORSE KEEPER. 



Tlie partition of stalls is usually from seven to eight feet 

 high in front in order to prevent the horses biting each other, 

 but only from five to six feet at the posterior part ; a space of 

 a few inches is usually left between the wall and the . parti- 

 tion in front, and two or three inches between it and the floor, 

 to allow the air to circulate. The planks forming the partition 

 should be strong and tough, and placed horizontally, instead of 



Stalls with concrete floors, the grooves of -which incline backwards and 

 inwards to the middle groove. A B c D, different ways of fuirowing the 

 liavement behind the stalls. 



perpendicularly, as this will tend to lessen the risk of accidents 

 from their being broken by kicking. 



The floors of stalls and boxes should be paved with the 

 best material, and to facilitate drainage, as well as to ensure- 

 foothold, grooves should be made in the surface. When the- 

 floor is of concrete, these grooves are made during the process- 

 of laying ; they sliould not be deep nor yet wide, but just 

 sufficient to convey away the urine, and afford a catch for the 

 feet when there is no litter on the floor. 



