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shallow and running towards the fore feet, and 

 the grate should be sunk half an inch lower than 

 the bricks to allow for wear. Many floors are 

 laid with the bricks level with the grate, and in 

 a short time the bricks wear away, leaving a 

 hollow alongside the grate where the urine will 

 stand, and, the bricks getting saturated, become 

 comparatively so many lumps of ammonia, poison- 

 ing the air with its fumes. The drains of all 

 stables should be large, and of glazed tiles, and 

 should have a fall of at least one inch in 40, to 

 prevent accumulation of the small particles and 

 the choking of the drains. The drains should 

 run into a cesspool, so that the liquid manure 

 may be saved if wanted for the garden ; and 

 what gardener will not want liquid manure if he 

 can get it handy ? The windows should be large, 

 extending from near the roof to within two feet 

 of the ground, and should be moveable from top and 

 bottom. The stall should be six feet six inches 

 wide, and nine feet long ; the manger should be 

 nine inches deep. I prefer the St. Pancras Iron 

 Company's iron mangers, with water and hay crib. 

 I do not like hay racks, as they cause a waste of 

 hay ; another great evil is, the horse is apt to get 

 hay-seed into his eyes, and cause violent inflam- 

 mation. A gentleman, some years ago, came to 

 me and told me his coachman had struck his horse 

 over the eye and nearly blinded him. He was in 

 a great rage, and said the fellow had had the 

 impudence to tell him he had never touched it, 

 and he had discharged him. He asked me to 

 come and look at it for him, and advise what 



