The Stable Handbook 



is sufficient head room to allow it. Country 

 doctors and clergymen, or those who take an old 

 farm-house with the intention of turning it into a 

 hunting-box or inexpensive country cottage, will 

 find their account in having the floors of the 

 stables taken up and dug out to a depth of at 

 least two feet. I venture to say that they will be 

 not seldom astonished and horrified at the foulness 

 of the floor. Ordinary bricks and cobble stones 

 should invariably be dug out and removed ; they 

 are quite unsuitable for the man who wishes to 

 keep a healthy stable. 



There is no need for ornamentation or paint or 

 polish, but every care should be taken to avoid 

 sharp corners, rough edges, or wood splinters, 

 against which a horse may injure himself. 



I should like to add that all doors should be 

 six or seven feet wide, but this is perhaps a 

 counsel of perfection in country stables. 



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