. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. ABOUT STABLES. 117 feet is the least that should be given from the manger to the wall at the back. Fifteen or sixteen feet would be still better. Have the feed-bins and watering-troughs arranged so that they will be handy and save steps. It will pay to line the bins with tin to keep out the rats and mice. If you cannot afford to cement the stable floor fill it in with clay, and ram it hard and smooth. Here is how to la
. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. ABOUT STABLES. 117 feet is the least that should be given from the manger to the wall at the back. Fifteen or sixteen feet would be still better. Have the feed-bins and watering-troughs arranged so that they will be handy and save steps. It will pay to line the bins with tin to keep out the rats and mice. If you cannot afford to cement the stable floor fill it in with clay, and ram it hard and smooth. Here is how to lay. a cement floor—and have one by all means if you can. Dig out the earth eighteen inches deep and fill in with the stones to within six inches of the surface where the horse's feet would be. Next ram down hard three inches of concrete made of cement one part (Portland cement preferred), clean sharp sand three parts, and screened gravel six parts. Wet the gravel well and mix in the sand and cement thoroughly. The mass must be sprinkled until it will retain anv shape it is pressed into. The surface coat is an inch thick, put on before the first coat of concrete sets. It is made of three parts sharp sand and one part cement. This is spread smoothly, and must not be disturbed till the entire floor is set hard like a block of granite. To induce it to dry slowly, and so prevent cracking, it may be covered with a thin layer of straw and sprinkled occasionally. If the hardening pro- cess takes two or three weeks, so much the better. The whole surface must slope gently from the manger, say at the rate of one inch to three feet. This will carry the urine back so the horse will not get soiled nor be otherwise injured. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson
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