ON THE STABLES, ETC. 59 



breadth, as entrances to two barns ; the one for a store 

 of hay, the other for one of straw. Proceeding now 

 from the barn in the west wing, (see plan A.) we come 

 to a brew-house and a wash-house (see plan B.) ; fol- 

 lowing these is a shoeing stable, (see plan C.) and 

 smith's shop, (see plan D.) 



Ill the front wall of the smith's shop, and of the 

 shoeing stable, two spaces are to be left, one for a 

 common sized door into the smith's shop, and the other 

 for a door of the same dimensions as those of the 

 training stable. There are also to be two spaces of 

 five feet by five, each, in the front wall of the shop, 

 and of the shoeing stable, for windows ; and in the 

 partition wall which divides the smith's shop from the 

 shoeing stable, must be a door for the smith to pass 

 through from the one to the other. 



In the shoeing stable, the rack and mangers may be 

 placed as in the two-stall stables -, but this stable is 

 not to be divided by a stall. Here there must be a 

 temporary division, which can easily be fixed or re- 

 moved, as occasion may require. This will be found 

 practicable, by making, at a proper distance from the 

 manger, a square hole in the ground about two feet 

 deep, and a wooden socket of proper dimensions to 

 fix into it, which is to receive the lower part of the 

 stall-post. This socket must be filled up with a plug, 

 whenever the stall-post is taken out. There should 

 also be a bail attached in a temporary manner to the 

 stall-post and centre of the manger, by a safe and 

 well-constructed hook at each end of the bail. 



