. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. 420 THE HORSE. than six circular peiforatcd passages of one inch diameter each, and into each loose hox not less than twelve of the same; but twice that number would be decidedly more advantageous. These perforations should bo made diagonally upward, and brought into the stable along the upper edge of a chamfered cornice running across the stall, from the rack to the manger, through the middle of the perpendicular side of which the
. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. 420 THE HORSE. than six circular peiforatcd passages of one inch diameter each, and into each loose hox not less than twelve of the same; but twice that number would be decidedly more advantageous. These perforations should bo made diagonally upward, and brought into the stable along the upper edge of a chamfered cornice running across the stall, from the rack to the manger, through the middle of the perpendicular side of which the halter may be brought out. Tlie air-pipe in the wall, with the chamfered or rounded cor-. nice, is shown by the accompanying cut; it is also exhibited in the thick- ness of the walls in the ground plans of the different stables by a white internal line. There should be a convenient harness-room, with glass cases, and a grate or stove, which should be accommodated with a boiler for heating water for the stables, pre- paring mashes, steaming vegetables, and such like needful little jobs, as well as for keeping the leather of the saddles and harness from mould- ing and the steel work from rusting. In small stables, where to save space is an object, the liarness-room may contain a folding bedstead, so that it can be used as a groom's sleeping apartment also. Tliere should also be to every well appointed stable a con- venient feed-room, provided with binns, a proper size for which is four feet by two, and about two and a half to three in height, with lids and hasps, for containing oats, cut feed, corn, carrots, and green meat; and this room may, if required, contain the stairway to the hay-loft. The binns ought not to be less than six or eight in number, axTanged on each side with a gangway between them, and if lined with zinc or tin, although it will cost a trifle more, in the first instance, it will be a saving in the long run, by preventing the waste by rats and mice, and the spo
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