90 STABLE BUILDING AND STABLE FITTING. 



Gate stops. 



Com stores. 



The ordinary " let down " stop is represented by Fig. 66, and 

 a catch suited only for an entrance gate is shown in Fig. 67. 



The doors of smithies should be provided with 7 -inch tower 

 bolts and 8-inch rim locks. 



The accompanying table is for the purpose of ascertaining 

 the size of a bin required for any quantity of food. 



Barley 



„ new 



,, meal 

 Beans, whole 



,, bruised 



Bran 



Chaff 



Maize, large (whole) .. 



,, ,, (bruised) 



,, small 



Oats 



,, new 



,, bruised 



Oat meal 



Peas 



,,. . ("16 lbs. oats "I 



^^^^^^^ (lolbs. chaff) 



Per cubic 

 foot, 

 lbs. 



42-375 



39* 000 

 27*500 



50*^75 



27-875 



11-125 



5-750 

 46-000 



39-625 

 48 - 000 

 33-500 

 31-188 

 20 - 000 

 38-000 

 49"J25 



13*000 



Per bushel, 

 lbs. 



54-37 

 50-04 



35-28 

 65-27 



35-76 

 14-27 



7-38 

 59-02 



50-84 

 6i-5» 

 42-98 

 40-01 

 25-66 



48-75 

 63-03 



16-68 



Cubic feet 

 per cwt. 



2-643 

 2-872 



4-073 

 2 -201 



4-018 



10*067 



19-478 



2*435 

 2-826 



2-333 

 3-343 

 3*591 

 5-600 



2-947 



2'28l 

 8-615 



Various questions present themselves for consideration in 

 providing the fittings for the storage and preparation of fodder, 

 depending chiefly on the number of horses and their kind. 



Corn is stored in a framed and matched boarded chamber, 

 as illustrated on Plate 47, shut off by a door having a lock and 

 key, from the other part of the store, or in bins, as shown on 

 Plates 5 and 53. A detailed illustration of one of these latter 

 receptacles, which are made to vary in size according to the 



