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back of the jaw (being careful to leave freedom enough for 

 the jaws to act when eating). Let the ends now pass 

 over the throat-latch, and make fast. The horse is simply 

 disabled from looking ahead or over the nose, which will 

 disconcert him sufficiently to prevent jumping or throwing 

 the fence down. If an ox or cow, attach the upper corners 

 to the horns, and pass the strings around the neck instead 

 of oA^er the throat-latch. 



Tender Bitted. 



Use a large, smooth mouth-piece, with leather cheek- 

 pieces, so as to let the bit rest about an inch lower than 

 usual in the mouth. Next try winding the bit with a piece 

 of chamois-skin which has been saturated with tannin or 

 alum, to harden the mouth. 



Kicking Cows. 



Many years ago a man who attended my class in Her- 

 kimer Co., N. Y., reported to me that he had a very bad 

 kicking heifer, and as a matter of experiment he put the 

 War Bridle on her and gave her a sharp lesson with it, as 

 directed for breaking a colt to lead and drive. After a 

 few minutes' treatment, he found that she stood perfectly 

 gentle to be milked, and he had no more trouble with her. 

 Some time afterward, while in the dairy counties, I gave 

 this point to my classes, and I have since had a good many 

 especially bad, kicking cows brought forward to be exper- 

 imented upon, the treatment in all cases proving successful 

 in a few minutes. 



One of the most amusing incidents that occurred in 

 making these experiments was at a little town near James- 

 town, N. Y. At the time I carried canvas, and after get> 

 ting through the regular experiments, a notoriously bad 



