RACKo, MANGERS, STANCHIONS, ETC. 11 



FEED-BOX FOR EXTRA STALL. 



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There are times when the arrival of friends or other 

 event calls for an extra stall. To provide for such 

 emergencies, a feed box, and the way to use it, are shown 

 in the engravings, figures 6 and 7. The trough, 

 figure 6, is useful anywhere, it being a " fencetrough" 

 or feed box. Upright pieces with mortises are made 

 of inch stuff, and nailed on each side of the passage-way. 

 Two by three-inch bars are used, entering into mortises 

 on one side and dropping into slots on the other, the 

 middle bar being keyed in. The upper bar is kept in 



Fig. 6. FENCE FEED BOX. 



place by a swinging key put on the partition with a stout 

 screw, and given a little play, so that it will drop by its 

 own weight into its proper position. The feed box is 

 made as in figure 6, with elongated sides extending 

 through and beyond the rails or bars, with notches to re- 

 ceive the bars as indicated, made by nailing the pieces at 

 the extreme ends across from side to side, as shown. 

 The box being put on the lowest bar, close to the end of 

 it, and the middle bar being placed in position and keyed, 



