. A manual of veterinary hygiene. Veterinary hygiene. 298 VETERINARY HYGIENE of the stable repairs are to stall divisions, and this tells its own tale of the violence to which they are exposed. Loose Box Dicisions are generally made to agree in design with stall divisions, so far as the mouldings of their iron woi'k are concerned, but are more strongly and solidly con- structed, as they are at times exposed to great violence. In size a box ought not to be less than twelve feet square, and may with advantage be larger. The pillars and panels are stronger than those of stalls, and the door shoul
. A manual of veterinary hygiene. Veterinary hygiene. 298 VETERINARY HYGIENE of the stable repairs are to stall divisions, and this tells its own tale of the violence to which they are exposed. Loose Box Dicisions are generally made to agree in design with stall divisions, so far as the mouldings of their iron woi'k are concerned, but are more strongly and solidly con- structed, as they are at times exposed to great violence. In size a box ought not to be less than twelve feet square, and may with advantage be larger. The pillars and panels are stronger than those of stalls, and the door should be sliding or open outwards as previously mentioned. On no account should there be a lintel above the door, or the horse will. Fig. 106.—Loose Box Division, agreeing in design with Fig. 105. certainly knock his head on entering. The door should be four feet wide, it is always made smaller than this which is a mistake. The fittings of loose boxes are generally made seven feet high, the iron panels or railings being about three feet deep. Some loose box divisions are shown in Figs. 106,107. There is an idea that a large loose box prevents a horse getting ' cast' during the night. But this is only true up to a certain point; he is more likely to be cast in a small than in a large box, but beyond twelve to fifteen feet square, depending on the size of the horse, no additional safety is secured by size. This point will be referred to more Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smith, Frederick 1857-1929. New York : W. R. Jenkins
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