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Show GOOD FITTINGS FOR STABLES Buildings Should Be Well Lighted and High Enough for Ample Ventilation Ventila-tion Size of Doors. The stables for the stock 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; thla 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 aummer. The following dimensions will prove satisfactory: satis-factory: Width of double stall with atanchions for cows, 6 feet; width of feed trough, 18 Inches; width of fed passage between two rowa of cattle, 4 feet; length of stall from stanchion lo gutter for small cows, G feet; length of stall from stanchion to gutter for large cows, 6 feet; length of partitions between stalls, 4 feet; width of manure gutter In row stable, 12 Inches; depth of gutter, 8 Inches, and walk behind cows, 2 feet. Width of stall for borss, 6 feet; length of stall for horses, 12 feet; atze of loose box for mare with rolt, 10x12 feet, and site 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 beat floor for horses la one of red clay, just made moist enough to pack down firm. A clay floor Is best for horses' feet. A stone floor Ih too hard, and a board floor Is too dry. - The stable should face south; the doors shoould open out upon a well sheltered, dry yard, securely fenced. Running water In the yard, with drain to carry off the oterflow. Is to be preferred pre-ferred to water In the stable. |