32 A HUNTING CATECHISM 



It is easy then, with a width of 9 feet for 

 a box, to make a temporary platform of sleepers 

 for a cow to rest on, which can be removed when 

 the box again returns to its primary use for a 

 horse. Sleepers are, however, never carefully cut 

 to size, and therefore those should be selected 

 that would be available for use when required. 



For a sick box, or for an idle horse, a box may 

 be 12 feet by 14 feet ; even 14: feet square will 

 not be too large, if the expense for extra litter is 

 no object. Boxes for stallions are frequently 

 18 feet square. 



Q. What system of drainage can be recom- 

 mended ? 



A, Perhaps the best of all is some form of 

 surface drainage that can be easily cleansed, and 

 does not sink into and saturate the flooring. 



Q. How can this be carried out ? 



A. Either by using red or blue, specially pre- 

 pared, channelled bricks, which must be laid to 

 have a slight fall ; or by having a concrete bed, 

 with cobble stones above, imbedded in a layer of 

 cement, and then grouted. 



Q. What thickness should the concrete and 

 cement be respectively .^ 



A. The concrete, which should be mainly 

 formed of rough broken bricks or something 

 similar, should be about a foot thick, and the 

 cement above about 9 inches, the proper fall being 

 now attended to. The cobbles should be im- 

 bedded about half their depth when the cement 

 is in a fairly stiff state ; and the work is more 

 easily performed, if only a narrow breadth is 

 done at a time, so that a man can easily reach to 

 fix the stones in their places in the soft cement. 



