(6.) Pens or styes for pigs. (7.) Covered sheds or stables for horses. (8.) A space for showing horses off. (9.) Sheds for agricultural implements. (10.) Shops for the display of seeds, ropes, tarpaulins, sacks, etc. (11.) Accommodation for auctioneers. (12.) Lodges and offices for the superintendent or gate keeper. (13.) A weighing machine and office. (14.) A corn exchange (this is sometimes provided in the general market). The entrance to a cattle market may with advantage be provided with double sets of gates, with a space between in which flocks of sheep or herds of cattle can be temporarily penned; a wicket gate in the second set of gates will enable the toll collecter to count the number of animals easily as they pass through into the market. The paving of the market should be of granite pitches, as it is essential that it should not be slippery, or the cattle, which usually arrive in a very excited condition, will fall and injure themselves; this description of paving is also fairly impervious, and is easily cleansed. The paving of the lairs and pens may, however, be of asphalte. For the cattle there may be enclosures for loose bullocks as well as divisions in which the cattle are tethered; these divisions and enclosures may be constructed of brick walls about 4 feet 6 inches in height, or posts and rails of wood and iron, strongly fastened iron rings about 4 feet apart are necessary to which the beasts must be tethered. The paving must be kept high towards the head of the beast in order to show him off to the greatest advantage. Large painted signboards should be fixed over the entrance of each compartment, to designate to which class it belongs, in order to avoid confusion or mistake. There should be drinking troughs for all cattle, and hydrants should be fixed all about the market, so that it can be thoroughly flushed and washed down. The sheep-pens can be constructed with iron or wood posts and rails with the whole of one side opening as a gate, they should be about 3 feet in height, and the floor should slope up from the point at which the purchaser will stand in order that the sheep at the far end of the pen may not appear diminutive.[229] The gates of the sheep-pens should be strongly stayed, as they make most convenient seats on which the drovers and heavy farmers sit whilst they drive their bargains. With regard to the dimensions of the pens and lairs, the following sizes are suggested as sufficient spaces for different animals, in the modern bye-laws, emanating from the Local Government Board in 1877, with respect to markets: For every horse 8 feet by 2 feet. For every ox or cow 8 „ „ 2 „ For every mule or ass 5 „ „ 1 feet 6 inches. For every calf 5 „ „ 1 „ 3 „ For every sheep, goat or pig (of medium size) 4 feet superficial.