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the muscular neck by means of which he used 

 to overthrow and gore his enemies, to the yoke 

 which drags the plough. The strength of the 

 neck even in the more feeble cattle is astonishing 

 I have known a slim and lady-like Jersey heifer 

 hoist a cast-iron water cistern with her horns as 

 easily as if it had been a teacup. It would appear 



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then, that the French or Spanish peasant's way 

 of "hitching his critters" is right, and that the 

 elaborate harness of the humane agriculturists 

 is wrong. 



The old-fashioned beam-yoke, resting on the 

 nape of the neck, is a kind of compromise. It 

 is better than the breast-straps, but not so good 

 as the lighter yoke that fits the forehead and 



