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 o80 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 777 -CD- lufFer-board blinds, to be worked from the inside by a lever handle, in the manner which we shall describe hereafter. Fig. 778 is an elevation of the plan, fig. 774 ; supposing -Z^ v- -Z^ -^^ A it to be finished exteriorly in a style which may be called Gothic. Fig. 779 is a cross section, in which is seen the small corn bin or cupboard for currycombs, &c., under the window, q ; the ventilator, with its protecting cover, r r ; the gutter drains with their gratings, s ; the cast-iron manger, t ; the bull's-eye cast-iron rack, u ; the bottom of the rack, V, beneath which is the space for dust and seeds ; a cast-iron ramped cap, u; to the partition between the stalls ; and a cast-iron sill, with a gi-oove for receiving the ends of the boards from the partition, x. The stable-post, y, in this section, is also of cast iron, and it costs 20s.; the ramped iron copings cost 12s. each, and the siUs 7s. each. These cast-iron copings and sills for stalls are manufactured by Messrs. Cottam and "^ ' 9 Hallen ; and they afford a very cheap, easy, and durable mode of forming the partitions between stalls. 753. The different Modes of arranging the racks and mangers of stables are shown in figs. 780 to 785. Fig. 780 is a front view of the rack and manger, shown in the section fig. 776; and fig. 781 is a front view of the bull's-eye rack and cast- iron manger shown in fig. 779. Fig. 782, two corner cast-iron racks, and a cast- iron manger. Fig. 783 shows what is called a corner manger, with a standard corner cast-iron rack, which costs 10s. 6d., and of which fig. 786 is a perspective view. Fig. 784 is a standard rack, ex- tending two thirds of the width of the stall, in which the liorses or cattle are supposed to eat from the top when standing, and from the side when lying down. The length of the manger is one third of the stall, and the space under it is fitted in with spars, so as to form a continuation of the rack. The bottom of the rack is raised six inches from the floor, and is sparred somewhat closer than the sides ; the top has cross spars, one foot apart, to prevent the animal from tossing the fodder out of the rack. Fig. 785 shows a cast-iron manger, and a projecting quarter circle rack ; that is, the fourth part of a grated