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heads are In opposite directions will have every 

 chance to bite and otherwise annoy each other, 

 and to appropriate each other's food. 



No stalls should be placed on hatches, 

 which are extremely useful places for the 

 temporary accommodation of sick animals, and 

 of those that are taken out of their stalls 

 during mucking-out time, and for .preparing 

 hay and corn prior to distribution. 



Vacant stalls, to a number of at least five 

 per cent., should be provided and should be 

 uniformly distributed, so that, in case of Illness 

 or accident, a double stall may be given to a 

 patient (pp. 202 and 203). 



