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KENNELS AND KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 



one in the summer for the purpose of making tliem more airy. 

 The benches should be made of pine or oak spars, and if they 

 are made to turn up according to the following plan several 

 advantages result, being described, by a correspondent signing 

 himself " Lepus/' in the columns of " The Field," as follows : — 



" KENNEL BENCHES. 



" My benches are made of inch deal, cut into widths of three 

 inches, and nailed half an inch apart to two transverse pieces, to 

 which hinges are fixed to connect the bench with a board six 



Plan of Kennel Bench for Hounds. A a folds to b b ; c c folds to d d ; e, hook to 



fasten bench back. 



inches wide, fastened firmly to the wall about a foot from the 

 ground. In front is a piece of board about three inches in width 

 to keep the straw from drawing ofi" with the hounds. To jorevent 



