TRAINING CATTLE. 
Breaking Steers.—First, get your steer into a room 
or small yard, so that he can not run from you; then 
approach him slowly; and if he runs, do not be ina 
hurry, but wait until he gets to the end of the room or 
yard; then approach again slowly, as before. A steer 
may run from you in this way several times ; but do not 
try and stop him with your whip, or force him to think 
that he will be at all injured, until he will stand and 
suffer you to approach him. As soon as this is accom- 
plished, gently tie a rope around his body near the 
shoulders, rather loosely. Then take another strap or 
rope, and gently fasten one end to the near fore-foot, 
then pass the other end over the rope or surcingle, be- 
neath the body. This rope should be sufficiently long 
to allow him to run to the end of the yard without your 
moving; at the same time you holding the rope suf- 
ficiently firm to compel him to move on three legs. 
Then approach him again quietly, and so continue ‘until 
he will allow you®to approach and handle him as you 
please. Now take a short hold of the strap with your 
left hand, your whip in the right, which pass over his 
‘shoulders and quietly touch him on the offside of the 
head, at the same time saying, “Haw!” and continue 
this until he moves his head a little toward you; then 
