CHAP. I. 



HORSE TIES. 



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and which may be kept there in readiness, but always under lock and 

 key. 



Equally useful and economical, with reference to the food, are the 



Fig. 210. Fig, 21J. 



Methods of Tying Horses in Stables. 



racks of the stables. The engravings on p. 678 will explain their 

 construction. Fig. 208 is the elevation, and fig. 209 represents a 

 transverse section, of the stall. The upright slats prevent the horses 



Fig. 212. Horse Tie with Buffer. 



from wasting the hay, as well as from blowing on it, and they cannot 

 thrust their heads over the whole trough, but must feed fairly on the 

 portion before them. 



A method of tying common in cart-horse stables is seen in fig. 210. 

 A strong wrought-iron bar is fixed at the bottom end into the wall or 



