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level with the mangers are a great comfort to horses. 

 (Fig. 44.) Two rings are fitted to the mangers for 

 tying the horses to, and other rings should be placed 



Man^ 



er 



Rack- 





TanJc 



Fig, 44.— Back, Tank, and Mangeb combined. 



in the wall, about four feet above the mangers in 

 front of the horses for tying their heads up when 

 necessary. 



The stall partitions should be five feet high at the 

 pillars behind, and may rise in a modified swan-neck 

 form to a height of seven and a half feet at the front, 

 and the tops of the partitions may be covered with 

 half-circular hoop iron, which prevents horses wearing 

 them down by biting them. The length of the 

 partitions should be about ten feet, and it is preferable 

 to have them closely match-lined. 



The pillars should be strong, firmly sunk into the 

 floor, with rings and chains attached for fixing horses 

 when turned in the stalls. In farm stables, the pillars 

 should be carried up to the cross beams which method 

 supports and gives them greater stability. 



