THE STABLE. 



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underground drain, which may be made to communicate with 

 the dung-lieap or cess-pool.* The depth of a stable should not 

 be less than eighteen feet, the height ten, nor the width of a 

 stall less than six feet clear. But, when there is sufficient room, 

 it is a much better plan to allow each horse a space of ten or 

 twelve feet, where he may be loose and exercise himself a little. 

 This will be an effectual means of avoiding swollen heels, and a 

 great relief to horses that are worked hard. With respect to 

 tlie rack and manger, I have given a plate of one which I have 

 seen employed in a waggon-stable with the best effect. It is 

 intended for two horses ; for horses when a little accustomed to 

 each other, and working together, will always agree well when 

 kept in the same stall, especially when they have, as is the case 

 here, separate mangers, and are prevented by their halters from 

 interfering with each other's corn. The space for two horses is 

 twelve feet. The mangers and rack are all on a level, and 

 about three feet from tiie ground. The manger should never 

 be less than eighteen inches deep, eighteen inches from the front 



A, the rack. 

 15 B, The manger<!. 

 CC, The sines of the stall. 

 DD. The right-hand D represents the 

 end of the lialter, with the common 



ring and plug : the left-hand D shows 

 the head-stall, its reins being drawn 

 between two rollers by invisible pid- 

 leys ; an improved plan, by which the 

 danijer of casting is avoided. 



to the back part, and two feet in length. The rack should be 

 four feet for one horse ; for though the cut represents a stall for 

 two horses, the same kind of contrivance is equally or better 



* A still better plan is now adopted for the escape of the urine by means 

 of an iron covering for the drain, having a half-inch opening, running the whole 

 length of the drain, and extending half-way up the stall for horses or geldings. 



Cleanliness may also be promoted by strewing powdered gypsum oc- 

 casionally on the tloor of the stable. — Ed.] 



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