36 STABLE BUILDING AND STABLE FITTING. 



Trough 

 closets. 



3 inches of metallic paving. The roof is of zinc (No. i6 

 gauge), on |-inch rough boarding. The door frame has a 

 transom, over which it is left open for ventilation. 



A series of closets upon this principle, of a somewhat better 

 description, having an earthenware trough and automatic 

 flushing apparatus, as shown in Fig. 14, has been patented by 

 Messrs. Bowes, Scott, & Co. 



Fig. 14. 



Slate urinals. 



Inclosure 

 walls. 



The best description of urinals for stable yards, are those 

 v/ith slate divisions, which should not be less than 2 feet apart, 

 5 feet 6 inches high, i foot 6 inches wide, and i^ to if 

 inch thick. The riser forming the trough should be also of 

 slate, and fixed at an angle of 75° with the level of the 

 paving. The back may be of slate or of brickwork rendered 

 in cement. 



The inclosure walls and fences of yards may be taken at a 

 minimum height of 7 feet ; an example of each, as erected at 

 Ponder's End, will be found in the positions A and ■ C, on 



