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STABLES AS THEY SHOULD BE. 



The receptacle for the prepared food can, by means of a shding aper- 

 ture inserted into the wall, be filled from without : thus the necessity for 

 a groom entering the compartment of a restless or ravenous quadruped, 

 whenever the animal is fed, may be avoided. Contention between the 

 man and a voracious horse can be, by this arrangement, rendered an im- 

 possibility ; and it is a great point in the conduct of a stable to keep the 

 attendants in good humor. Ignorant servants, when enraged, are too 

 much disposed to vent their bad temper upon any inferior over which 

 they may be invested with authority. 



ONE OF THE BOXES IN WHICH THE FOOD 13 PLACED, THE BETTER TO SHOOT IT INTO THE 

 CORN TROUGH, 



Moreover, a great deal of the excitement generally displayed by par- 

 ticular animals, where every prisoner can witness the distribution of the 

 food to the rest, is, by the above plan, entirely abolished; and every 

 observant stable attendant well knows how greatly quietude favors a 

 speedy attainment of, as well as tends to, the preservation of condition. 



A GROOM SHOOTING FOOD IN THE TROUGH, WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE THE STABLE. 



By means of the box and the sliding shutter, the food may be served to 

 all almost as rapidly as a man can walk. The provender is first divided 

 into portions, and these are put into open boxes, which are placed upon 

 a barrow. One of these boxes the man empties through each shoot, 



