CHAPTER XVI. 

 THE COMMON FARM OPERATIONS. 



Securing animals for operations. Methods of Restraint 

 As the stockman's patients will not listen to reason they 

 have to be tied or otherwise restrained for all operations, 

 in horses we have the twitch, noose twitch and rope 

 twitch, the side line, the throwing harness and the stocks. 



The twitch, consisting of a loop large enough to pass the 

 hand through (one- quarter inch rope), is fastened to the 

 end of a stick, piece of a fork-handle about two feet long, 

 the loop applied to the upper lip and twisted several 

 times. The rope twitch is generally known as the Bona- 

 parte bridle; take a rope, make a simple knot at one 

 end, eighteen inches from which make another knot, so 

 that the first knot can pass through its loop, thus having 

 a loop at one end of the rope, run the free end of the rope 

 through the noose, a simple form of halter thus being 

 made place the loop in the mouth, the halter part over 

 the head, make a half hitch with the free end of the rope, 

 pass it over his head and under his upper lip, draw mod- 

 erately tight. The noose twist consists of a rope with a 

 loop which will not run, at one end, the other end is 

 passed over the upper part of the neck, under the upper 

 lip and through the noose which should be high up on 

 the cheek. 



The side line consists of a rope, hobble and a collar; 

 the hobble is applied to one hind foot, the rope attached 



