Friday, February 1, 2008

A riding outfit would consist of a gentleman’s or lady’s saddle bracket

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Harness, to be kept clean and uninjured, should be placed in a room apart. In large stables where private carriage horses are kept the clean...

Hayward Bros. & Eckstein, shows what is termed a ventilating guard

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Hayward Bros. & Eckstein, shows what is termed a ventilating guard. This prevents the horse injuring himself, and at the same time avoid...

These loose-boxes form a range of their own

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These loose-boxes form a range of their own, or are in conjunction with stalls. In the former case the doors would open in front of the box,...

The ramp, or top iron bar of the stall division, may be of almost any shape or contour desired

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The ramp, or top iron bar of the stall division, may be of almost any shape or contour desired, and is grooved to receive the boarding, if s...

The manure is removed from stables where horses or dairy cows

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The manure is removed from stables where horses or dairy cows are kept and stacked in a heap, which should be covered and so protected from ...

Stable floors have to be impervious, easily cleaned,

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Stable floors have to be impervious, easily cleaned, not slippery, and such as will not require an over steep incline for drainage, and also...

Boarding houses lie midway between private houses and hotels

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Boarding houses lie midway between private houses and hotels, and so may perhaps be best considered in this chapter ; an example being illus...