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BBSTEAINT OP DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Fig. 318. Catching Hog by Corn and Barrel IVletliod — First Position. 



Figure 318 represents first position of catching a hog by 

 the corn and barrel method. An ordinary barrel (b) is placed 

 on the ground in the horizontal position, with open end facing 

 the hog. Corn or other food (a) is scattered on the ground, and 

 some of it thrown into the barrel. The hog (e) will eat up to 



Fig. 319. Catching Hog by 



Corn and Barrel Method, 



Second Position. 



Fig. 320. Catching Hog by 



Corn and Barrel Method, 



Third Position. 



and into the barrel, Figure 319, at which time the barrel is 

 quickly raised to upright position, Figure 320, and the animal 

 is caught and in a way secured with head down and hind feet 

 up. It is impossible for it to emerge frem the barrel by its 

 own efforts alone. 



