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Branding is generally done in the yard in much the same 

 way as it is done in Australia, but rather more roughly and 

 more slowly. 



Cattle drafting in the yard is done through a race, similar 

 to an Australian sheep race on a large scale, the men working 

 the cattle on horseback in the yard, the only footmen being 

 the drafter at the gate and a man or two on the platform out- 

 side the race keeping the cattle running. 



2. Champion Shorthorn Cow, Ascott Valentine, 4 years old. Owned by 

 Sr. Pedro T. Pages, La Josephina. Won the A. de Barry and Co. Cup, and 

 Family Group Prize (with two calves). 



Xo stock-whips are used with the cattle, but each man has 

 a short-handled riding whip with a lash of raw greenhide about 

 1 ft. long and H in. wide, with which he gives the cattle a 

 flip when opportunity occurs. Apart from this, the cattle 

 are handled very noisily and roughly. They are knocked 

 about a lot by being driven too fast, droving as used to be 

 known, in Australia being unknown in this country. One 

 notion that exists is that if cattle are given a gallop occasion- 

 ally once or twice a week, that is, chased round until they are 



