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buildings safe from fire. The first floor will be partly 

 devoted to living rooms for the men and partly as a 

 hay and corn loft. In regard to the men, I believe 

 the accommodation for them should be very much 

 better than is usually provided ; but I can here only 

 emphasise the remarks I have made on this subject 

 in regard to the stables. 



1 The boxes for the mares and foals should be 

 arranged in blocks of six or eight, preferably six ; 

 and in connection with these boxes there should be 





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GENERAL VIEW OF BREEDING ESTABLISHMENT 



A, boxes for yearlings ; B, open yards enclosed by close boarded fences, 

 8 ft. 6 in. high; E, grass plots; F, administrative block, with men's 

 rooms and forage-room over ; G, foaling boxes ; H, pair of cottages ; J, stallion 

 box ; K, show yard ; L, private yard enclosed by close boarded fence 12 ft. 

 high; M, covering yard enclosed by close boarded fence 12 ft. high; 

 N, paddock, about one acre. 



open yards, one for three boxes, and a block of 

 such boxes should have a paddock in connection 

 therewith, of about eight acres. These boxes will 

 be fitted in the same way as described for the 

 yearlings. 



