210 HORSESHOEING. 



four inches are solidly implanted in the ground. They are 

 united bj side- and cross-bars {c, c, d). In front of the comer- 

 posts {a, a) and in the middle line stands a head-post (e) of 

 the same dimensions as the corner-posts, provided with a slot 

 four inches wide and twenty inches long beginning three feet 

 from the ground. In this slot is a pulley- wheel (i), and below 

 it a windlass {h) for winding up the rope which is tied around 

 the base of the animal's horns. The comer-posts are pro\aded 

 with a slot (n) three inches wide and three inches deep, 



Fig. 228. 



Hind foot raised by means of a round pole. 



within which are placed two movable side-bars {o, p), which 

 can be set at desired heights and fastened by iron pins. Be- 

 tween the front and rear oomer-posts of the right-hand side is 

 an eight-sided roller with a ratchet and click at one end, and 

 having on one of the sides six iron hooks, to which a girth is 

 attached. On the opposite side of the stocks, at the same 

 height, is a stationary bar (f) with six hooks (g, g) on the 

 outer side. The belly girth is six feet long, six inches wide, 

 and terminates at both ends in several strong cords two feet 



