The management and treatment of the horse in the stable, field, and ...

12 The Management and Treatment of the Morse,
to within two feet of the ground, and should be moveable
from top and bottom. The stall should be six feet six
inches wide, and nine feet long, the manger should be
nine inches deep. I prefer Carson's iron mangers, with
water and hay crib. I do not like hay racks, as they
cause a waste of hay ; another great evil is, the horse is
apt to get hay-seed into his eyes, and cause violent
inflammation. A gentleman, some years ago, came to
me and told me his coachman had struck his horse over
the eye and nearly blinded him. He was in a great
rage, and said the fellow had had the impudence to tell
him he had never touched it, aud he had discharged
him. fle asked me to come and look at it for him, and
advise what should be done. I went with him, thinking
there must be some mistake, as I had known his coachman
for some years as a kind, good-tempered man with
horses. When I reached the stables I had the horse
brought out to the light, and with the aid of a bodkin
threw back the eyelid, and exposed to the view of the
gentleman a hay-seed firmly embedded in the eye, and
it was with great difficulty that I removed it. It was a
seed of the Bearded Darnell (Lolium Temulem). The
explanation was sufficient, the gentlaman apologised,
and went away a wiser man. The stall should be high
enough to prevent the horses from getting their heads
over, so that they cannot bite each other in play. The
loose box should be at least 12 feet square. I hate
small boxes, for if a horse rolls he cannot roll over with-
out getting cast. The ventilation should be as I
described in my last ; the ceiling should be at least 12
feet high, without lofts above the stables, but where they