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should be so arranged that they may be closed with- 

 out the necessity of locking them to make them 

 remain so; should betray no projecting hasps, or 

 locks, or sharp door or jamb-edges to cut or 

 scrape the exposed side or hip, or to bruise the 

 passing animal; approached not by abrupt, or 

 twisting run-ways, but by those gradually elevated; 

 padded as to such edges as are unavoidably sharp, 

 and high enough to ensure free passage, and to 

 prevent injury should a horse chance to throw up his 

 head. Many an animal has been badly and perma- 

 nently injured, and others have received a frig'ht 

 from which they have never recovered through the 

 accidents which have occurred to them because of the 

 improper construction, or careless management of 

 the entrances, not only to their stables, but to their 

 boxes and stalls. 



Safely inside the building, the floors demand 

 attention, and they should be carefully laid, easily 

 swept, of a material that will not, under any condi- 

 tions, prove slippery, and one that is easy and inex- 

 pensive to repair. Wood is the best for wash-stand 



