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aperture  in  the  north  wall  of  8 feet  wide  and  7 feet  high,  with  a 
pan-piece  6 inches  deep,  and  furnished  with  a sliding  door  ; an 
aperture  of  3 feet  G inches  wide  and  7 feet  high,  with  a lintel  3 
inches  thick  and  a cill  rising  3 inches  above  the  ground,  lurnished 
with  a door  and  frame  similar  to  those  before  described,  in  each 
side  wall  at  3 feet  from  the  wall  separating  this  office  from  the 
feeding-boxes;  and  a chimney  in  the  west  wall,  midway  between 
the  door  and  north  end  Avail,  for  the  furnace  of  the  steaming 
apparatus.  The  floor  of  this  building  Avill  be  best  of  flags. 
Adjoining  to  the  last  described  office,  and  separated  from  it 
at  one  end,  and  from  the  cow-house  (11)  at  the  other,  by  a wall 
1 brick  in  thickness  carried  up  to  the  height  of  the  side  Avails  of 
buildings  mentioned  respectively,  are  tAvelve  boxes  (10)  in  Avhich 
to  feed  cattle,  arranged  in  two  tiers  or  rows  facing  in  opposite 
directions,  and  separated  by  a Avail  li  brick  thick,  running  length- 
wise, and  carried  up  to  the  same  height  as  the  walls  before 
described.  The  proper  size  of  feeding-boxes  to  contain  a large 
bullock  is  9 feet  square  in  the  clear,  and  their  construction  may, 
perhaps,  with  assistance  of  the  plan,  elevation,  and  section,  on  a 
scale  of  4 feet  to  an  inch,  given  in  Plate  VII.,  be  understood 
without  difficulty  from  the  following  description.  The  boxes 
should  be  sunk  1 foot  below  the  level  of  the  surface  of  the 
ground,  and  separated  from  each  other  by  a Avail  1 brick  thick 
and  2 feet  high  from  their  bottom  or  floor,  and  also  have  a simi- 
lar Avail  in  front,  upon  both  of  Avhich  there  should  be  a Avail-plate 
of  deal  9 inches  Avide  and  3 inches  thick,  bringing  the  entire 
height  of  the  division  to  2 feet  3 inches  above  the  level  of  their 
floor,  and  that  of  the  front  to  1 foot  3 inches  above  the  level  of 
the  surface  of  the  ground.  At  the  intersection  of  the  front  by 
the  divisions  of  the  boxes  there  should  be  cast-iron  pillars  6 feet 
long  and  4^  inches  outside  diameter,  supporting  a deal  similar 
to  the  wall-plates  before  described,  to  carry  the  roof ; and,  at  each 
end  of  the  range,  there  should  be  an  upright  deal,  Avith  its  thick- 
ness outwards,  laid  flat  to  the  walls  separating  the  range  of  boxes 
from  the  turnip-house  and  cow-house,  and  connected  with  the 
deals  at  top  and  bottom  by  a mortice  and  tenon.  The  cast-iron 
pdlars  should  have  tAvo  longitudinal  flanges  forming  a groove  2l 
inches  Avide  and  2 inches  deep,  two  such  grooves  in  the  direction 
of  the  length  of  the  range,  and  one  in  the  direction  of  the 
cross  divisions  separating  the  boxes  on  each  pillar.  The  upright 
deals  at  the  ends  of  the  range  should  have  half  the  breadth  of  a 
batten  firmly  nailed  on  the  breadth  of  deal  at  2^  inches  apart, 
forming  a groove  in  the  middle  of  the  breadth  of  the  deal  through- 
out its  length,  of  2g  inches  wide  and  2j  inches  deep.  The 
flanges  of  the  pillars  and  the  half- battens  on  the  deals  should 
have  holes  drilled  at  stated  distances  to  admit  bolts  or  pins  for  the 
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