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above (B) . Now make your rope loop fast to the upper end of the 

 plank with a screw-eye or a spike (A), or it may be fastened by 

 boring a hole through the plank large enough to allow the rope to 

 be drawn up through and held secure by a large knot in its ends. 

 This should be so arranged that when the hog is fastened to^ the 

 plank it is about waist high, as shown in Figs. Ill, 112, 113. The 

 plank should assume a position of about 30 degrees. The operator, 

 standing facing the plank, with his right hand toward the lower 



Restraint for spaying operation (flank method) : Second step. 



end, passes right hand (D) through the loop (C), and instructs 

 assistant to grasp right legs of the hog and bring the hog to him, 

 placing it on the board. As the assistant approaches with the hog 

 pass your left hand under the right hand and rope, grasping left 

 hind leg (E) , while your right hand grasps the right hind leg (Fig. 

 112). Now guide the left leg to your right hand, which grasps it. 

 The left hand now contains both hind feet, while the right hand 



