60 ON THE STABLES, ETC. 



To the under surface of the bail, must be affixed a 

 thick oak board, enclosing the whole open space from 

 the stall-post to the manger, hanging down from the 

 bail, within one inch of the ground. There should 

 also be a board projecting out between the horses' 

 heads for about a foot and a half from the centre of 

 the wall, to prevent them from interrupting each other, 

 while standing here to be shod. To provide for occa- 

 sional wants, a rack-chain may be fixed in the centre 

 of the stall as in the other stables. And to give the 

 smith plenty of light to work by, there should be a 

 window over the door, besides that behind the horse. 



In erecting the walls in the interior of the smith's 

 shop, the workman must place the fire-hearth on the 

 left hand, attached to the back wall, and in the centre 

 of it. The fire-hearth is to be raised from the ground, 

 on a basis of four feet square, and is in height to be 

 two feet eight. An opening of one foot square, is to 

 be left in the centre, for the purpose of removing the 

 cinders and ashes, as they accumulate. On the surface, 

 beginning at the edge, and in the centre of the left 

 angle of the hearth, there should be a round space 

 gradually sunk, of sufficient dimensions to contain the 

 fire. A foot to the right of the fire, and within one 

 foot of the back wall, is to be an opening, communicat- 

 ing with that of a foot square below, so that the smith 

 may conveniently throw off the cinders and ashes, as 

 occasion may require. To the right of the hearth, 

 attached to each other, there should be two cast-iron 

 troughs, each two feet ten inches long, by ten inches 



