RESTRAINT OF CATTLE. 23 
Put the animal in a yoke with its mate, alongside a truck or a cart, 
in such a manner that the leg to be raised is on the outside; tie both 
animals to a tree, a strong post, oraring. Tie a rope in a running 
knot above the hock ofthe leg to be raised, and another in the fold 
of the coronet ; an assistant pulls the rope backwards and winds it 
round the hub of the corresponding wheel of the cart. Another 
assistant holds the leg up with a wooden bar put in front of the hock 
and resting at one end on the shaft of the cart. 
A simpler method is to use either the rope or the wooden bar alone. 
The method of fastening shown in fig. 20 is also a very good way 
to fix a hind leg. 
Another way is to place the animal against the cart, with its head 
held by an assistant or secured to the vehicle, its body free or 
fastened with a rope held by an assistant. The leg which is to be 
raised is secured at the hock with a wooden bar, one end of which 
is placed between the spokes of the wheel, above the hub, the other 
held by assistants (fig. 21). If the animal is very restless, or ugly, it 
can be controlled better by raising the forward leg opposite the one 
behind which is to be operated upon. A rope fixed round the coronet 
is then held by an assistant as in fig. 22. 
Stocks which are used for horses can also be employed for cattle, 
a yoke being placed on their head to steady it. A special, narrow 
stock has been invented by Goiffon, with which the animal is more 
easily kept quiet. 
RESTRAINT OF CATTLE IN A RECUMBENT PosiTION. 
In using small hobbles, which are placed on the coronet or the 
fetlock, the modus operandi is the same as for horses. A thick 
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Fig. 23. Throwing of an ox. (Rueff.) 
