STABLING AND STABLES 



stables. Half the problem of satisfactorily hand- 

 ling servants is solved if you make their quarters 

 attractive enough to encourage them to stay at 

 home and about the premises. 



There is no reason whatever why the internal 

 arrangement of any stable should be permanent, 

 and all partitions may just as economically be 

 movable. If space allows, the restricting of the 

 building to one story will prove economical in 

 that it will allow very light framing. 



The " bail " as a separation between horses 

 presents all the desirable features of cheapness, 

 simplicity, airiness, and movability, and has been 

 used regularly by the writer with the utmost satis- 

 faction. He has kept many hundreds, — yes, 

 thousands, — of horses, utter strangers to each 

 other generally, and sometimes shod with sharp 

 shoes, in these arrangements, and has yet to 

 record the first accident. These " bails " expe- 

 dite stable work vastly by simplifying the labor 

 of bedding down, " mucking out," and " setting 

 fair;" they may be instantly removed or swung 

 up out of the way, and no horse can get cast in 

 them. A "bail" consists simply of two planks, 

 or boards (one will answer fairly well), tongued 

 and grooved together, and stiffened by two braces 



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