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in fact, they must be either too large or too small, and are 

 deficient in, or overdone with, manger accommodation. 



The movable parts, such as sockets and hinges, of all these 

 designs are made in brass, to prevent their being rusted up 

 when they are left some time without shifting. 



Fig. 3 is a less costly and thoroughly practical arrangement Portable par- 

 for conversion, where it is desired to make temporary additional t^^^ons. 

 provision by putting up the movable partitions gg^ removing 

 the portions marked h, and thus converting the two loose 

 boxes into four stalls.* 



A combination of loose boxes and stalls under the same Loose boxes 

 roof is the ordinary plan adopted in private gentlemen's stables, '^^^^ stalls. 

 and expense is considerably lessened by this arrangement, a 

 minimum area of 121 superficial feet (11 feet square) being 

 given to the boxes. On Plate 12 will be found a plan for a 

 small stable, having two stalls and one separate loose box with 

 washing-place in the centre, and coach-house at the back ; but 

 this very convenient provision for washing carriages and horses 

 has, in many cases, to be sacrificed to contingencies of space, 

 and the advantage of an isolated loose box is lost. On Plate 6 

 will be found a design for a more effectually detached loose box 

 than usual. A cube of 12, containing 1728 cubic feet, may be 

 taken as adequate for an ordinary loose box, which may be 

 increased to 2000 in those built expressly for infirmaries. 



The several provisions, speaking generally, which give to Capacity of 

 each stable accommodation for twenty, twelve, or ten horses, stables, 

 afi'ord also the greatest facility for supervision, ten being a fair 

 allotment for one man. A stable, there-fore, containing twenty 

 horses would be provided with two attendants, and they would 

 have the advantage of mutual assistance, which is frequently 

 required, whilst a stable containing twelve or ten would have 

 but one man. There is, however, the liability of a more rapid 

 spread of epidemic with the larger number of horses in one 

 stable, and since assistance can soon be obtained in a yard, or 



* See also Figs. 6 and 7, Plate 19, for portable partitions. 



