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STABLE ECONOMY. 



Fig. 4. 



slides upon the bracket d. When the bale is to be let down, 

 the ring is raised, and the bolt /; turns and frees the bale. 

 The engraving, Fig. 3, shows the manner in which the bale 

 is released when a horse gets under it. An iron bale, when 

 thrown off in this way, is likely to be broken, or to injure the 

 next horse. This engraving, I may mention, was taken from 

 one of the cavalry stables at Glasgow barracks. 



There are Objections to Bales. — They permit the horses to 

 bite, and to strike each other, whether in play or in mischief, 

 and some harm is often done in this way. Horses that are 

 idle, playful, or vicious, are constantly doing each other some 

 injury ; and those that are at full work, and in want of rest, 

 can not fully obtain it in a baled stable. Then, accidents 

 will occur from the horses getting under or over the bales, 

 and one will rob another of his corn, and infectious diseases 

 will spread rapidly and generally. These evils are sufficient 

 to forbid bales whenever it is possible to have the horses 

 more perfectly separated. Baled stables are not at all fit for 

 valuable horses, and they are the worst of all for a sick horse. 

 It is nothing in their favor that the cavalry horses stand in 

 them. There, a man is in almost constant attendance upon 

 each horse, to watch him while feeding, and to correct him 

 when mischievous, or to assist him in difficulty. There are 

 plenty of spare stalls and loose boxes for the sick, the lame, 

 and the vicious, and the veterinary surgeon is always at 

 hand to remedy or prevent the worst consequences of acci- 



