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vents the attempt to jump. The boxes are lighted 

 by glazing the space over the door, and are ven- 

 tilated by a window opening, filled with movable 

 louvre boarding. The foul air is extracted by means 

 of a tube at the ridge, and for economy there is no 

 reason why one ventilator should not serve two 

 boxes, and if the boxes are built back to back, one 

 ventilator can be made to serve four boxes, care 

 of course being taken that the ventilator is par- 

 titioned off by means of boarding, so that the tube 

 of one box does not in any way communicate with 

 the tube of another box. The current of air can 

 be regulated by means of a hinged flap, as described 

 for ventilators to stables. 



1 A space about 8 ft. wide should be paved out- 

 side the building the entire length, but the yards 

 should be gravel ; the floors of the boxes should be 

 of grooved and channelled blue Staffordshire bricks ; 

 the yard enclosures should be of wood, about 

 8 ft. 6 in. high, constructed with close boarding. 

 There should be plenty of space about these boxes 

 so as to get an ample supply of fresh air ; the space 

 between the fronts of enclosures to boxes should be 

 about 50 ft., and a gravel path should be in front of 

 the fence, the middle space being covered with turf, 

 which may be made ornamental by introducing 

 flower-beds, dwarf planting, &c, to the taste of the 

 owner. 



4 The " administrative " block — consisting of fod- 

 der house, tackle-room, messroom, engine-room, &c. 

 — should be placed as conveniently as possible for 

 access to the various portions of the establishment. 

 It will no doubt be found economical if a small oil 

 engine of, say, two or three-horse power is kept for 

 crushing the corn, and if a small electric plant were 

 provided in connection with this engine the whole 

 of the premises could be lighted with electricity at 

 a very small cost, and would practically render the 



