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combined efforts the animal is cast on its side and kept in that 

 position by placing the knee on its neck. 



Fig. 329. Hog Secured by a Pole or Rail Over Neck and Shoulders. 



Conlxcy's Method of Restraining the Sow for "Spaying 

 Operations." 



Procure a piece of 3-8 inch rope (soft) about six feet long, 

 tie the free ends together forming a loop, as shown in Figure 

 330. ]^ext you will procure a 2xl4-inch plank about 12 feet 

 long; j^lace it on the floor or ground as the case may be, either 

 spike the upper end fast or drive a stake in the ground belo^v, 

 or in some manner make the plank secure (D). Now make 

 your rope fast to the upper end of the plank wdth a spike (B), 

 or by boring a hole through the plank large enough to allow the 

 rope to be drawn up through, when it will be secured by a large 

 knot in its ends. This should be so arranged that when the 

 hog is fastened to the plank she will be about waist high, as indi- 

 cated in the following illustrations: 



