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seven ; and in a model plan arranges them on two opposite 

 sides of a rectangular yard. The centre of one side is occupied 

 by a passage leading to a riding school at the back, on either 

 side of which are situated four boxes and four stalls. On the 

 opposite side, and in the centre, is the coach-house, with the 

 drying-room on one side, and the saddle and harness-room on 

 the other ; a building with six stalls for hacks on the left-hand 

 side of the yard, and four more loose boxes on the right, occupy 

 the remaining spaces, thus leaving a free passage for air 

 between the two ranges of buildings. The rooms for the boys 

 are placed over the drying-room, coach-house, and harness- 

 room, and the hay and straw loft over the stalled stable. The 

 stalls are 6 feet wide by 12 feet deep, with a 12-feet walk in the 

 rear, and the boxes 10 feet wide and 18 feet in depth. A pump 

 occupies the centre of the yard. 



On farms, the stable-buildings, in the form of a quadrangle (a Farm stables, 

 shape in which all large stabling is now usually built), are a 

 conspicuous portion of the homestead group, and a south or 

 west aspect in the yard can generally be selected without detri- 

 ment to the other buildings; in fact, where stables are built 

 with a passage in the centre, and stalls on either side, and with 

 windows opposite each other, to produce a through ventilation, 

 an east and western aspect is by no means a bad one, provided 

 the stables are well sheltered from the extreme severity of the 

 easterly winds. Farm-stables, like those for omnibus and tram- 

 way horses, should be plainly and strongly built, but with the 

 same regard to sanitary requirements, and precautions against 

 damp, that are considered necessary for more valuable horses. 



Having decided the number of horses for which provision has Hay and cora 

 to be made, the position of the corn-store and hayloft depends ^^°^^s. 

 chiefly on the site, but the storage cannot be conveniently 

 separated from the cutting, bruising, and mixing of the food 

 especially if large quantities have to be dealt with ; and where 

 machinery is used for this purpose the engine-house should be 

 divided from the stores by a party wall (as a precaution against 



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