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Feed Boxes. — ^^Tiere groups of animals are kept 

 together loose in one compartment, as is usually the case 

 with kids and goatlings and often with mature animals 

 as well, the following type of feed box is recommended. 

 Fig. 58 shows a pen for twenty-four kids or goat- 



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Fic. TjS. — Model feed box. 



lings. This pen, A B C D, is 15 feet square. Down 

 the center, extending from the partition B D is built the 

 two sides of the feed box, E F and G H, joined at the 

 end E G by a partition of heavy, close wire or boards. 



The construction of the sides of the feed box is 

 shown in Fig. 59, and a detail of the stanchions is 



