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:he horses of the farm. Six-feet stalls, with ample gang- 

 way behind them, are provided with manger and rack ; 

 water is at hand in two or three troughs, at which the 

 hcrses drink when coming in from work. Ventilation is 

 provided in the simplest way, by an occasional ridge-tile 

 being lifted out of the regular course, and bedded at either 

 end upon its neighbours — the under boarding being there 

 left open. And light is provided from the roof by sky- 

 lights, and by hanging lamps at night. 



But for farm work portable stables have often been 

 advocated. Considerations in their favour are thus urged 

 by Mr. Baugh Almack in a letter to the Agricultural 

 Society : — 



" If horses had portable stables close by their work, 

 they would lose less time in going to and from it, and 

 thus be able to do more work in the same time. They 

 could be comfortable in the stable close by when not 

 wanted on the land, and they could be making the best 

 manure by eating lucerne, tares, or whatever else was 

 most likely to be profitable to grow close by, and the 

 manure so made would be close by where it was wanted. 



" I have no doubt it is quite practicable to make every 

 necessary farm building moveable ; and in many cases I 

 am quite certain that it would pay well to make part of 

 them portable, now that there is a probability of an in- 

 creasing scarcity of farm labourers." 



On the possibility of such portable buildings it is suffi- 

 cient to say that they ought to be made so by the easy 

 fitting and portability of their several parts, not by the 



and Durham ; the Welsh pony in those of Wales, chiefly Llanrhaudr 

 yn Mochnant, Denbighshire, in July. 



The largest fairs lor horses in the kingdom are Hornca^tle, in 

 August ; Howden, September ; Newcastle-on-Tyne, August and 

 October; Rvrgely, Staffoidshire, June; Brough Hill, Westmore- 

 land, September; Pershore, June, &c. 



Note. — For the dates cf the above, see current Farmers' 

 Almanacs. The "Live Stock Journal Almanack" coivans full 

 information, ai ranged under the respective counties. In many 

 instances the dates are variable, being regulated by some local 

 event, feast-day, &c. On this account it is considered best to 

 omit figures entirely. 



