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STABLES AS THEY SHOULD BE. 



Moreover, servants are not always attentive to their monotonous duties ; 

 and the animal, in consequence, may be denied a necessary supply of 

 fluid. 



The water troughs are, moreover, recommended by further reasons. 

 Horses are blest with acute senses ; and everybody must have observed 

 the animal blow upon, or rather smell, fluid before it partakes of the 

 refreshment which it needs. The stable pails generally stand about; 

 such things are exceedingly handy; and we need not be surprised if 

 they are occasionally used for other than for cleanly purposes. The 

 troughs, being fixed, are secured to one service ; the pipes emptying into 

 the receptacles prevent the purity of the supply from being tampered 

 with. The above advantages are also associated with the ascertained 

 fact that the horse, with water constantly before it, drinks less than the 

 animal to which the pail is brought only after hours of enforced absti- 

 nence have generated a raging thirst. 



The roof of the proposed stable should be of the ordinary description, 

 or should slope from a central ridge toward the outer walls. The cen- 

 tral compartment is eighteen feet from the walls; it is twenty -two feet 

 from the level of the interior ; and its margins rest upon walls which are 

 raised twelve feet high. 



PLAN OF KOOF. 



H. A trap door in the roof of the ambulatory, which leads to the entrance of the loft above the 



sheltered ground. 



A plan of the contemplated roof is presented to the notice of the 

 reader, who will perceive it consists of two parts. The larger portion 

 is gabled at each extremity, and has a span of thirty-six feet. The 



