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THE HORSE. 



than six circular perforated passages of one inch diameter each, 

 and into each loose box not less than twelve of the same ; but 

 twice that number would be decidedly more advantageous. 



These perforations should be made diagonally uj^ward, and 

 brought into the stable along the upper edge of a chamfered 

 cornice running across the stall, from the rack to the manger, 

 througli the middle of the perpendicular side of which the 

 halter may be brought out. 



The air-pipe in the wall, with the chamfered or rounded cor- 

 '^-';^^^^^^^:^>>x nice, is shown by the accompanying 

 cut ; it is also exhibited in the thick- 

 ness of the walls in the ground plans 

 of the different stables by a white 

 internal line. 



There should be a convenient 

 harness-room, with glass cases, and 

 a grate or stove, which should be 

 accommodated with a boiler for 

 heating water for the stables, pre- 

 paring mashes, steaming vegetables, 

 and such like needful little jobs, a8 

 well as for keeping the leather of 

 the saddles and harness from mould- 

 ing and the steel work from rusting. In small stables, where 

 to save space is an object, the harness-room may contain a 

 folding bedstead, so that it can be used as a groom's sleeping 

 apartment also. 



Tliere should also be to every well appointed stable a con- 

 venient feed-room, provided with binns, a proper size for which 

 is four feet by two, and about two and a half to three in height, 

 wuth lids and hasps, for containing oats, cut feed, corn, carrots, 

 and green meat; and this room may, if required, contain the 

 stairway to the hay-loft. The binns ought not to be less than 

 six or eight in number, arranged on each side with a gangway 

 between them, and if lined Avith zinc or tin, although it will 

 cost a trifle more, in the first instance, it will be a saving in the 

 long run, by preventing the waste by rats and mice, and the 

 spoiling of what is not devoured by their nasty excrements. 

 There should be a good glass lantern, in a stable, hung from 



9 inch wall. 



