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observe that the design which appears here has 

 been adopted from my own rough sketch and 

 carried out in the drawing by Mr. Peter Dollar, 

 whose plan it is. 



1 In a breeding establishment for about twenty 

 mares there should be at least forty-five boxes ; but 

 various ideas are held as to how these should be 

 arranged, some authorities preferring them grouped 

 round, say, a couple of yards, the middle of the yard 

 being well fenced off for the mares and foals to 

 exercise in, as well as for the yearlings, but it seems 

 to me much better for the mares and foals to be 

 divided up into smaller lots. It is certainly safer in 

 the case of an infectious disease breaking out 

 amongst them. It may not be so easy to look 

 after them, but the system has many advantages, 

 and it must be healthier in every way. I know 

 that the Duke of Portland's agent, Mr. Marner 

 Turner, prefers this plan, and with his very con- 

 siderable experience his opinion is deserving of 

 great respect. In the drawings shown there are two 

 y^irds, enclosed on two sides by boxes for yearlings ; 

 these boxes are to be brick built, and covered with 

 tiles, with straw or reed filling between the rafters, 

 so as to equalise the heat ; the tiles being bad con- 

 ductors of heat, they, with the st»-aw, also a bad 

 conductor, form an excellent roof. 



' The boxes are 14 ft. square in the clear, the 

 angles at the doors being protected by means of 

 rollers — in fact, all sharp angles and arrises must be 

 absolutely avoided. The doors should open in two 

 heights, so that the top portion can be left open for 

 the purpose of ventilation and to enable the yearling 

 to look out ; but in order to prevent him from jump- 

 ing out it is advisable to fix an iron grille over the 

 opening when the top door is opened. It is no 

 obstruction to either light or air, and of course pre- 



