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liouse, ranging east and west with shedding abutting 

 on the one side facing south for cattle, and perhaps 

 a shed on the north side for carts and implements there 

 project shorter lines of buildings three or more in number 

 '(with open or covered yards between them), including 

 stables, cowhouses, fatting stalls, pig-sties, with hospital, 

 and accommodation of other kinds, as for poultry, slaughter- 

 house, perhaps smith's and carpenter's shops, nag stable, 

 c. The stores of food and straw are thus arranged in a line 

 along the ends of all these shorter ranges, and common to 

 them all, and this enables the easy access of each to the 

 necessary supply of food for live-stock ; and the labour of 

 attendance on all is thus reduced to a minimum. 



The Buildings for stock commence with the stable. 



The Stable. The standard width of single buildings 

 for horses or cattle is 20 feet, outside measure ; the usual 

 thickness of brick walls is 9 inches, excepting at the door- 

 ways, where they are increased to 13 j inch work ; and a 

 distance of 10 to 12 feet, piers of like dimensions are carried 

 up to support the roof principals. This gives a clear in- 

 side width of 17 feet 9 inches at the narrowest part. Of 

 this the space occupied by the manger and hay-rack, is 

 2 feet 6 inches ; from the front of the manger to the outside 

 of the heel post it is 9 feet ; from outside of heel-post to 

 gutter is 6 inches ; and the gutter may be 1 foot 3 inches 

 wide. This leaves a clear space of 4J feet behind. 



Next to boxes all horses do best in single stalls. For 

 draught horses the width should not be less than 5 feet 

 6 inches ; the stalls should have a very slight declivity from 

 the sides to the centre, and also from the manger to the 

 lieel channel. The box system is too expensive for general 



