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given to tliem in the roomy loose-box. The swelled or 

 filled legs of sickly and debilitated aninfals are greatly sus- 

 ceptible of improvement under the genial influence of the 

 gentle exercise in the box. The young, the old, the sick, 

 and the well are benefited by the freedom and movement 

 thus allowed, that cannot be gained by confinement, tied 

 by the head in a five or six feet stall. Many a valuable 

 and useful horse, under sickness or sufi"ering from an 



Iron Fittings for Stalls and Loosb-Box. 



accident, has been lost for the want of sufficient space, 

 which is found in the modern loose-box. The sick horse 

 requires more room than when in health. As an agency 

 for the prevention and cure of a crib-biting horse, no other 

 contrivance can compare with it, unless it be the pasture- 

 field. Especially is this the case when there are folding 

 shutters like closet doors, covered over and made flush with 

 the manger and hay-rack, at all times except when the 



