PEOPER STYLE OF EACK. 



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manger for hay in the center. Horses accustomed to work- 

 ing together will always agree when kept in the same stall, 

 especially when they have separate mangers, and are pre- 

 vented by their halters from interfering with each other's 

 grain. The mangers and racks should be on a level, and 

 about three feet and four inches from the ground. The 

 manger should not be less than sixteen or eighteen inches 

 deep ; eighteen inches from front to back, and twenty or 

 twenty-two inches in length. For one horse, the rack 



FIG. 307. The accepted form of single stalls. 



should be about four feet in length. The advantage of such 

 a manger and rack is, that all the hay that is put into it 

 will be eaten clean. There will be 'less danger than by 

 the common high rack of putting more hay before the horse 

 than he will eat at the time, and thus his mussing and 

 spoiling it will be prevented. It will entirely obviate the 

 objection of dust and seeds falling upon his head and into 

 his eyes, or of pulling the hay out and wasting it under his 

 feet. 



Some horses are inclined to throw their hay out with 



