. Our farm and building book. . hicknesses of tarroofing felt is put on, being well moppedover with tar, and this covered with theupper thickness of 1^-inch flooring. Where a great many horses are to befed, overhead feed bins are a great con-venience. The bottoms may be madehopper shape, as shown in the plan, orthey may be level. A hopper, of course,is best, but with a flat bottom, a littleaccumulation of grain around the edgesat the bottom is all that remains whenthe grain stops running down the spout,and flat-bottom bins are cheaper. The main entrance doors are bothwide and high. Unless the
. Our farm and building book. . hicknesses of tarroofing felt is put on, being well moppedover with tar, and this covered with theupper thickness of 1^-inch flooring. Where a great many horses are to befed, overhead feed bins are a great con-venience. The bottoms may be madehopper shape, as shown in the plan, orthey may be level. A hopper, of course,is best, but with a flat bottom, a littleaccumulation of grain around the edgesat the bottom is all that remains whenthe grain stops running down the spout,and flat-bottom bins are cheaper. The main entrance doors are bothwide and high. Unless the door is largeenough it is sometimes difficult to getout. The door must have a good heightbecause you want room for a carriageor a top-buggy. We all have had ex-perience in catching a buggy top on thelintel of a low doorway. It seems tobe the proper occasion for saving builder likes to have such remarksmade about him. There is a good row of box is difficult to plan a decent sized box HORSES AND HORSE BARNS 47. Well Designed Barn at Greeley, Nebr. stall in a small stable. They run intoroom too fast. Nothing looks so com-fortable for a good horse as a roomybox stall. If the horses had their wayabout it, there would be more box stalls,but it really requires about three timesas much room to stable horses in thisway. No man begrudges the room, butmost men dont like to put up moneyenough to enclose it properly. The ideal arrangement for stabling ahorse is a big box stall with a good-sized window for light, and door cut inhalf, so that the upper part may be leftopen during the daytime to let the horselook out. A box stall, shut up tight, isa prison for a horse; they like to seethings as well as other folks. Some box stalls are fitted with rub-bing boards. These consist of planksabout 2 inches thick, turned edgewiseto the horse, and fastened to the sidesof the stall just low enough down sothe horse cant rub his tail. A box stallneeds no floor, and there should be nof
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