24 ON GROOMS AND STABLES. 



as this seems too much waste of room, especially in cities, 

 where such a double amount of space is expensive, I 

 propose to do with one stall, have that partly with a clay 



bottom, that is two feet back from the hay-box of clay; 

 it need only be dampened, not wet or muddy, just to keep 

 his fore feet cool. Then, plank from that back; just where 

 plank joins the clay, run a narrow strip, half an inch high, 



