212 HORSESHOEING. 



bracket (s) one foot and a half long, with a ring (t) six inches 

 in diameter, through which passes a round pole padded in the 

 middle and kept in place by two iron pins. Above each bracket 

 is a hook (w) to which the end of the breeching attaches. 



Before an animal is brought into the stocks the neck-yoke 

 is raised, the breast-bar lowered, and the girth left hanging 

 from the hooks on the stationary bar. The ox is then led into 

 the stocks and the rope which is tied around the balse of the 

 horns is carried over the pulley (i) , fastened to the hook on the 

 roller (k), and wound up till the head is tight against the head- 

 post. The yoke and breast-bar are then placed in position and 

 fastened, the breeching hung on the hooks (u), and the belly 

 girth attached to the hooks on the roller, so that, if need be, it 

 can be shortened till it bears the animal's entire weight. 



To control a front foot a slip noose is placed about the fet- 

 lock and the limb is raised and lashed to the side-bar, the rope 

 passing finally to the hook (r). To control a hind foot a slip 

 noose is placed about the fetlock, the foot carried upward 

 and backward over the rear cross-bar, and, wdth the front sur- 

 face of the fetlock-joint resting against the padding of the 

 bar, the limb is firmly 'secured by wrapping the line several 

 times about the limb and bar. 



When no stocks are at hand, we may use an ordinary farm 

 wagon or a truck wagon. Tie the ox with his head forward 

 between the front and hind wheels. Fasten the large end of a 

 binding pole to the spokes of the front wheel and let it rest on 

 the hub. Swing the pole close . to the ox and induce him to 

 step over it with one hind leg, then raise the rear end of the 

 pole, and with it the leg and so much of the animal's hind 

 quarters that the inner hind leg standing close to the wagon 

 re'sts but lightly upon the ground. The binding pole may then 

 be slung with a rope from the rack of the wagon or other 

 stationary object and the outer limb held in the usual manner. 

 By following this method a sheer with one assistant can easily 

 and safely control the most refractory oxen. 



