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incurved lip to the top plate to conceal food and harbour 

 dirt. The material of which the pan of the manger is 

 composed should be enamelled iron. 



The hay rack should never be over head, it is an un- 

 natural position considering that horses were intended to 

 feed off the ground, and is a frequent source of injury to 

 the face and particularly the eyes. 



The hay rack is sometimes fitted with a hay guard to 

 prevent waste (Figs. 110 and 111), the guard being a sort 



Fig. 110.— Manger with sliding hay-guard and Water Vessel (Musgi-ave). 



of grid which covers the hay, and either works by sliding 

 down on the hay, or the latter is pressed up from below. 

 The object of this contrivance is to prevent the hay being 

 thrown out of the rack, a trick that some horses soon learn 

 and never forget. 



The presence of a water vessel in the manger is most 

 desirable from a dietetic point of view, a horse that always 

 has water before him is less liable to colic, and moreover is 

 fitter and better, as there is less chance of being kept short 



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