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division-boards would no doubt be sufficient to 

 meet the requirement in question. 



Mr. F. C. Golden, M.R.C.V.S., who has had 

 great experience in the transport of Govern- 

 ment horses by sea, was the first to point 

 out to me the great advantage of using only 

 one division-board (the top one). By adopt- 

 ing this plan, mucking out, ventilation, and the 

 getting-up of horses which had fallen down in 

 their stalls would be greatly facilitated. Mr. 

 Golden and other veterinary surgeons who 

 have tried it, and who have spoken to me 

 about it, have found that its adoption in no 

 way increases the liability to accident by the 

 horses kicking each other. 



Stalls for horses of ordinary size should 

 not be less than 7 ft. in length ; although 

 6 ft, 6 in. would do for a ij-hand horse, 



