2 00 General Arrangement of Stables. 



As usually put down, however, they are a great 

 nuisance, as they confine beneath them great 

 quantities of dung and urine, and render the 

 stench sometimes unbearable. To overcome this, 

 and render the wooden floors both efficient and 

 economical, the author had several stables fitted 

 according to plans furnished, and which were 

 found to answer admirably. 



The first part of the plan consisted in pulling 

 up the old floor between the roof supports, and 

 laying bare the rock beneath. By means of a 

 pick the surface was cut away behind, in order 

 to cause water to run backwards, a fall of five or 

 six inches being given to it. 



Next three joists were laid longitudinally from 

 manger to heel posts one upon each side, and 

 a third in the middle. The end at the manger 

 is previously thinned down in order to cause each 

 joist to lie upon the slanting rock in such a 

 manner that their upper surfaces are perfectly 

 flat and level. Upon the top of these, cross- 

 wise, are nailed strong planks one and a half 

 inch thick. At the part near the manger they 

 are close together, but from the middle to the 

 bottom of the stall they are kept three-eighths of 

 an inch apart, to admit of the urine passing 

 below. 



Another feature consisted in making the 

 whole of this to fit the stall and admit of being 

 raised at the heel, so as to enable the groom to 

 sweep all the accumulations from beneath. The 



