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centre from either side. When stalls are placed too 

 much on an incline they are a continuous torture to 

 horses, whether standing or lying ; and scarcely any- 

 thing will cause horses to stand over in the knees 

 sooner than an undue elevation in front of the stalls. 

 The floor in rear of the gutter should be six feet wide, 

 and should be grooved in diamond fashion as horses 

 are less likely to slip than on square grooves, and they 

 should be the same depth and distance apart as the 

 stall grooves. 



A damp course must be laid into all the walls — 

 inside and outside alike — eighteen inches above the 

 ground level. This can be done by laying roof slates 

 horizontal, along with a light layer of cement. The 

 interior flooring and the damp course should always 

 be continuous, i.e.y the cement should be carried down 

 the inside of the wall from the damp course to the 

 floor at a thickness of an inch-and-a-half 



INSIDE FITTINGS. 



Combined mangers with feeding-box, tank, and 

 rack are probably the best. They should be strongly 

 made of galvanised iron. The edges round the top of 

 the manger should project inwardly about two inches 

 which prevents horses pushing their corn over, as a 

 number of them acquire the habit of doing. 



High racks are a means of accumulating dust and 

 dirt, which fall about the heads and manes of the 

 horses ; and sometimes hay seeds get into their eyes, 

 which cause a lot of suffering, hence racks placed on a 



