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 Fig. 18. 



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Fig. 18 — Shows the same space turned to the best account for the horses. 



a. The manger undisturbed. 



h. The boxes. 



c 1. The original partitions and heel-posts of the stalls shifted bodily. 



c 2. The additional heel-posts : the upper part of the partition ex- 

 tending from c. 1, to c. 2 in each box, is composed of iron 

 railing, which enables the horses to see each other. 



d. Part of the saddle-room. 



e. The position of the door-way changed, so as to prevent the losa 



of space occasioned by the door opening towards the stable. 



/. The door opening back into the saddle-room, where it is out of 

 the way. 



g. The entrance to the stable. 



A. The stable door hung to the opposite post, by which arrange- 

 ment whenever it is opened it is made to close the entrance 

 to the saddle-room, and prevent the possibility of the horses 

 passing into it instead of the boxes. 



t. The door of the box, opening inwards so as to place it out of 

 the way. 



k ^\, The doors of the other two boxes, opening outwards so as 

 k) meet, and enclose a space behind them. 



m. The space so enclosed, receiving two buckets, a shovel, broom, 

 dung-fork, and basket. 



n. The two buckets, and above them a seat, which acts as a 

 shelf to deposite any thing upon. 



By this disposition of the space the horses receive the full 

 benefit of every available atom of it, and instead of there 

 being a waste of 23 feet 8 inches by 9 feet 5 inches, there is 

 positively none at all ; for the 8 feet by 5 feet 3 inches, un- 



