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All wood used in connection with this work should be 

 strong, edges rounded off, no nails used, only screws, and no 

 splinters left. In practice all this is otherwise, the wood- 

 work is frequently flimsy, or badly put together, long wire 

 nails are used which are easily displaced by a kick; the 

 fittings are frequently rough, and splinters innumerable. 

 Very often the carpenters are still working at the fittings as 

 the horses appear on board, so that the ' finish,' rounding 

 of edges, and desirable smoothing, may be imagined. 



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.212. — Rear Stanchions viewed from the front. A, rear stanchion; 

 B, haunch bar ; C, dividing bar fitting into a cleat; D, rear cant per- 

 forated to give exit to urine. 



The standing of the stall is a movable floor (Fig. 211, F, 

 and Fig. 213, G), made of three planks each one inch apart 

 to allow passage for the urine ; these rest on the deck. 

 On the upper surface of the floor are certain battens at 

 right angles to the stall to prevent the horse from slip- 

 ping. Underneath the floor there are also battens running 

 the length of the platform, by which it is kept off the deck, 

 and the urine allowed to run away. 



A heavy piece of timber 6 inches by 4 inches runs the 

 whole length of the front of the stalls, to which the front 



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