FARM APPLIANCES. 



CHAPTER I. 

 RACKS, MANGERS, STANCHIONS AND TROUGHS. 



RACKS AND FEED BOXES FOR HOESES. 



There are various forms of racks, mangers and feed- 

 boxes for horses. One of the worst devices is the old- 



Fig. 1. FEEDING BACK FOR HORSES. 



fashioned hay-rack, extending from the manger high 

 above the head of the horses, which are compelled to 

 reach up for their hay. This is a most unnatural posi- 

 tion for a horse, which does not, when out of the 

 stable, take its food like a giraffe from trees, but 

 from the ground. Aside from this, a high rack causes 

 the double peril of getting dust into the lungs and other 

 objects into the eyes of the horses. The above en- 

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