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comparatively harmless. It is the part (if wisdom, therefore, 

 to remove these tusks before any damage is done, hecanse wo 

 never know what the cpiietest hoar may d<> under ]ir(i\'ocation. 

 Several method's may be employed, and the fdllowint;: one will 

 answer ver^^ well. The l)oar is first made fast to a post by 

 means of a rope noosed about liis upper jaw back of the uiiper 



Fig. 49. — Yeurliag Ikrkshire bo;i.r. a Caindiini iirizi- winner. 



tusks. Then one man takes a croAvljar and annther a sharp 

 cold chisel and a hammer. The sharp edge of the crowbar 

 is placed against the tusk near its base, and held firmly in 

 position, and the edge of the cold chisel is placed on the oppo- 

 site side of the tusk directly across from, and even with, the 

 edge of the crowltar. A sharp blow with the hanmier on the 

 cold chisel does the job. 



