BACKS, MANGERS, STANCHIONS, ETC. J 



from a stable, in which such annoyance is easily and 

 simply prevented. A rack of iron rods, or of wood, is 

 made and hinged to the top of the manger in front, so 

 that it may be thrown up and over the front when the 

 manger is filled, and then turned down upon the hay. 

 The bars or rods are just far enough apart for the horse 

 to get his nose through to the hay, but of course, he can- 

 not get his head through. Iron is better than wood, be- 

 cause the horse cannot gnaw upon it. The bottom of 

 every manger should be slatted, to let the hay seed and 

 dust fall through thus averting a frequent source of 

 cough and heaves in horses. 



FEEDING TROUGH AND HAY SHUTE. 



To prevent waste of grain and hay, the trough and hay 

 manger may be made as shown in the engravings here 



Fig. 3.FEED BOX FOB OATS. Fig. 4. HAT FEED BOX. 



given. The grain box (figure 3) is fixed in the front of 

 the stall, a part of ifc projecting through the partition, 

 into the feed passage, where there is a lifting hinged 

 cover, The trough, of course, opens into the stall, la 



