TRAINING STEERS. 



DRIVE your steer in a small yard, fenced so 

 that he cannot escape. Then approach him 

 gently, and if he runs, do not run after him, but 

 follow slowly and quietly. Should he again run 

 from you, do not strike him with the whip, or in 

 any way frighten him, he will soon stand and 

 permit you to approach him. Place then around 

 his body a surcingle or strap, near the fore-legs. 

 Take a hame-strap and buckle around the near 

 fore-foot ; take a cord or rope, and pass it 

 through under the surcingle, and tie to the strap 

 which is around the foot. The cord should be 

 twenty or thirty feet long, to permit him to run 

 about you in the yard, without your pulling on 

 it. Draw up on the rope to force him to move 

 on three legs ; approach him gently, till he will 

 permit you to handle him as you please. Then 

 hold up the near fore-foot by the cord, with your 



