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A HOME-MADE TOY STABLE
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boxes fitted between the stalls, as shown in Figs. 239 and 241, and are fastened in place by means of brads and glue. Above the stalls cut

Small Windows an inch and one-half square in the rear wall. These are the ventilating windows for the stalls, and may be left open.

Figure 242 shows the construction of

A Ladder to the hay-loft. This is made out of two sticks twelve inches long, with strips of cigar-boxes two inches long glued to them half an inch apart, as shown in the drawing. Cut away a section of the hay-loft floor two inches square and stick the end of the ladder up through the opening, fastening the uprights to the edge of the floor (see Fig. 242).

Fig. 242.—Ladder to Hay-Loft.
Fig. 242.—Ladder to Hay-Loft.

Fig. 242.—Ladder to Hay-Loft.

A stick about three inches long, with a very small pulley attached near the end, should be fastened in the peak of the roof for a

Feed-Hoist (see Fig. 238).