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•urrounding it, and if one side can be covered with a shed roof, fourteen 

 feet wide, so much the better. This yard should be about 30 or 40 feet 

 wide, and if it contains a place in the center of strong posts for a man to 

 take shelter in from a vicious brute, it is not amiss. We once saw a lifn 

 saved in this way, from an ugly bull, which broke from his fastening* 

 and would have killed his keeper but for this safeguard. There should 

 also be a grass lot near for cutting forage in Summer for soiling, and for 

 turning in a sick horse occasionally. 



X. Water. 



The water supply is important. If taken from a well and pump it L» 

 absolutely essential that there be no contamination from the drainage of 

 the stables and yards. If a tank can be so arranged that it will not 

 freeze, build one by all means, and connect by pipes, pumping the water 

 by means of a windmill. Or the tank may be situated where it will sup- 

 ply the house, and a pipe laid to the stable underground, ending in a 

 penstock. In this case, the windmill and tank may be entirely isolated 

 from the bam or house, and the water carried for any distance, provided 

 Ui« bead is higher thaa the outflow. 



