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form a running noose is clumsy to handle, and 

 allows a great many animals to escape. 



There is a great knack in noosing the snout of 

 a large hog. Assuming that a person is right- 



PLATE 18. Method of preparing snout rope for confin- 

 ing large hogs. The short "jerk-rope" renders it 

 possible to release the hog instantly. ^4 or % inch 

 Manila rope is used 



handed he should stand near the center of the pen 

 and start the animal moving around it to the left, 

 at the same time seeking a position at the hog's 

 left shoulder. Holding in readiness a short sec- 

 tion of the noose, and at the same time crowding 



