LOOSE BOXES. 



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used as a receptacle for hay, and it may be readily entered 

 by means of a door fixed 

 in one corner as shown bv 

 the accompanying woodcut. 

 The number of loose boxes 

 necessary to a complete 

 establishment, will of course 

 depend upon the number 

 of horses kept; as a general 

 rule, however, one box to five 

 or six horses will be suffi- 

 cient. In breeding estab- 

 lishments, a much greater 

 number will be required. 

 It is common to have iron 

 racks and mangers to loose 

 boxes. These are objec- Fig. 5. 



tionable. A horse feeding from one fixed against the wall, will 

 generally have the head, neck, and mane covered with hay seeds 

 and dust. Hay seeds not unfrequently drop into the eyes of 

 the horse, and occasion inflammation of these organs. Iron 

 work is also very apt to rust ; in fact iron racks are objection- 

 able in every way. The Feeding Apparatus described, is the 

 cheapest, and will be the most durable. 



Saddle and Harness Booms, and Coach House. — These appen- 

 dages I shall treat upon in a very brief manner. In making 

 arrangements for the Saddle and Harness Eooms, and for the 

 Carriage House, one of the principal matters is to have these 

 apartments so situate as to have no direct or immediate con- 

 nection between them and the stable. "Where these places are 

 open to one another, the dirt and steam occasioned by the 

 necessary operations going on within the stable, particularly 



