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Show GOOD FITTINGS F03 STABLES Buildings Should Be Weil Lighted and High Enough for Ample Ventilation Ventila-tion Size of Coors. The stables for the st ck should be well lighted, high enough for ample ventilation and the stalls wide and long enough for the stock to rest in comfort. com-fort. The stable doors should be fully four feet in width, hung on rollers; this will prevent an animal from being injured in passing in or out of a half-open half-open door. The winter doors should be solid and slotted in summer. The following dimensions will prove satisfactory: satis-factory: Width of double stall with stanchions for cows, 6 feet; width of feed trough, 18 inches; width of feed passage between two rows of cattle, 4 feet; length of stall from stanchion to gutter for small cows, 5 feet; length of stall from stanchion to gutter for large cows, 6 feet; length of partitions between stalls, 4 feet; wicth of manure gutter in cow stable, 12 inches; depth of gutter, 8 inches, and v.alk behind cows, 2 feet Width of stall for horses, 5 feet; length of ctall for horses, 12 feet; size of loose box for mare with colt, 10x12 feet, and size of loose box for cow and calf, 8x10 feet A concrete floor put down on a properly prop-erly graded 8-inch base of cracked stone is not too hard if the cattle are well bedded. The best floor for horses Is one of red clay. Just made moist enough to pack down firm. A clay floor is best for horses' feet. A stone floor is too hard, and a board floor Ib too dry. The stable should face south; the doors shoould open out upon a well-sheltered, well-sheltered, dry yard, securely fenced. Running water In the yard, with drain to carry off the overflow, is to be preferred pre-ferred to water in the stable. |