408 ROPE AND HARNESS WORK 



need be acquainted only with the bowline knot and the 

 simplest half hitches to adjust a rope for throwing cattle. 

 Working Instructions: 



1) Place one end around the animal's neck and tie rope with 

 a bowline knot (a, Fig. 405). 



2) Pass the rope about the animal's body just back of the 

 fore legs, forming a half hitch at withers, as shown at 6, 

 Fig. 405. 



3) Pass the rope about the body (c) at the hips, forming an- 

 other half hitch. 



4) If a cow is to be thrown, the rope should be placed just in 

 front of the udder. 



5) To throw the animal, pull to rear and toward side upon 

 which it is to be thrown. 



