Facilities must be made available for storing all bedding and fodder under cover, and preferably protected on at least three sides from the weather. A Dutch barn is suitable for housing straw, hay or shavings bought in large quantities. Any such barn should be situated away from the stables because of the fire risk yet it must be practical from a working point of view. It will need to be accessed with a tractor and trailer or lorry not only from the ground but also avoiding overhead cables. Dutch barn bays are a regular 15 ft (4.5 m) wide and can be added to according to the amount of bedding and fodder to be kept. Lean-to's which are built on to existing buildings are very useful providing they are not attached to a stable block, because of the fire hazard. The 'No Smoking' regulation should, of course, extend from the stable yard to the barn area as this has the highest risk.

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