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of ground, house, etc., and to obtain work, sale of 

 horses, etc. 



A few acres of good grass land close by would be a 

 desideratum. 



A paddock could be laid out for jumping, circling, 

 longeing, etc. 



If stabling has to be built, the author would advise 

 a range of completely separate loose boxes, constructed 

 of wood, heavily tarred, lined throughout with match- 

 boarding, between the lining and outside wood, a 

 covering of tarred felting, or if this be thought too 

 expensive, sawdust can be substituted, though it is 

 distinctly inferior. The felting makes the wall damp- 

 proof, and keeps out all frost and wind. 



Have the roofs of tiles, or corrugated iron, the last 

 named being by far the cheapest, and gives very 

 satisfactory^ results. 



■ The floors to be composed of either " roughened " 

 cement, vitrified paving, etc., the drainage being 

 surface inside each box, a broad channel conducting 

 the liquid to a trapped drain some distance from the 

 loose boxes. 



The loose boxes may vary in size according to the 

 class of horse to be kept therein. From three to six 



