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way in front, three and one-half feet wide into which the 

 moveable feed-boxes, hereafter illustrated, may swing, and 

 where grain chests can be kept. In the upper part of this 

 pBSsage-way are the rears of the hay racks. 



The stalls themselves are provided with racks flush with the 

 front wall, as shown in the accompanying sketch, and with 

 moveable boxes, as also shown. The floors are laid with two 

 inch plank, sawed in strips four inches wide, and separated 

 three-fourths of an inch, for drainage of the water. 



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SKETCH OF HORSE STALLS. 



The cattle are tied with the common stancheon, as the safest 

 and most convenient method. The flooring under the cattle is 

 laid crosswise of the barn ; and for the oxen it is laid open 

 as for the horses. A manure gutter, thirteen inches wide, is 

 provided with long trap-doors, hung on hinges. The feeding 

 space in front of the cattle is divided by plank partitions to 



