CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



Site for stabling — Aspect— Modern improvements — Improved fittings- 

 Iron stables — An iron homestead — Portable iron stables — Principles 

 of arrangement — Provision for extension — Simplicity in construction 



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CHAPTER II. 



PLANNING AND ARRANGEMENT. 



Circumstances regulating arrangement — Administrative block — Washing- 

 room — Vestibule to stables — Arrangement of town stables — Rooms 

 over stables — Lairs and hock baths — Examples of stables — "Private 

 stables," Design No. i — Design No. 2 — Design No. 3 (for town or 

 country) — Design No. 4 (Stables for hunters) — Design No. 5 (suburban 

 stables) — Designs Nos. 6 and 7 (town and country stables) — Difficulties 

 in towns — Stables in mews — Design No. 8 ("inclosed") — Stables on 

 upper floors — Dimensions of stables — Convertible stalls and boxes — 

 Portable partitions — Loose boxes with stalls — Capacity of stables — 

 Boxes for hunters — Covered way — Breeding stables — Racing stables — 

 Farm stables — Hay and corn stores— Preparation of fodder — Distribu- 

 tion of fodder — Capacity of hay and corn store — Cubic capacity of 

 hay — Tramway and omnibus stables ^^ Omnibus stables — Tramway 

 stables — Manager's offices, «S:c 6-20 



CHAPTER III. 



CONSTRUCTION. 



Shape of building — Treatment of foundations — Concrete — Outside walls — 

 Intermediate walls — Foundation walls — Relieving arches — Stone walls 

 ■ — Walls on arches — Damp courses — Rounded edges — Recessed down 



