18 The Diseases of Animals 
rately, and is prevented from consuming another’s food. 
Such an arrangement insures each animal a given 
amount of food, and it tends to prevent the spread 
of dangerous undetected diseases, as tuberculosis among 
cattle and glanders among horses. The front of the 
stalls should be built no higher than is necessary to 
keep the animal properly confined and to place the 
food within reach. When the animal is standing the 
expired air will pass out over the front of his stall. 
HORSE STALLS 
The size of stalls for horses must depend somewhat 
on the size of the animal to be confined. For ordi- 
nary horses the stalls should be at least five feet wide; 
five and a half to six feet is better. They should be 
nine and a half feet long. For flooring, hard wood 
two-ineh planks, well matched, are excellent. Some hard 
woods are too slippery, however, and hemlock may be 
used. The floor of the stall should have a very gentle 
slope to the rear, the plank running lengthwise of the 
stall. It is more convenient to have the flooring of the 
passageway behind the animals at right angles to that 
of the stall, as it is easier to clean. The partition 
separating the stalls should be strongly made, well 
set and smoothly ceiled on each side. The rear of 
the partition should be well rounded. The feed-box 
and manger may be of iron or hard wood; if of the 
latter, the edges should be protected with strips of 
iron securely screwed down to prevent the animals 
from gnawing the wood. 
