THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



two feet wide and four feet long. A sus- 

 pended iron rack for hay was hung to lean 

 down over the box manger, into which fitted 

 iron pans a foot square and deep, for feed 

 and water. A passage-way two feet and a 

 half wide ran between the back of the house 

 and the front of the pens, for the convenience 

 of the feeder. The remainder of the house 

 was left in one compartment, with a platform 

 two feet wide and one foot high, running the 

 entire length. The floor covered with con- 

 crete and drained after the plan used in cow- 

 barns. In the yard there was a rack for hay, 

 troughs for feed and water, and a box for 

 rock-salt. The ground selected was shaly and 

 naturally drained, but when such is not avail- 

 able it should be sub-drained, and the soil in 

 the yard removed to a depth of three or four 

 feet, and replaced with cracked stone, topped 

 with coarse gravel. 



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