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tie ; place the rope, with slip noose on one end, around the body 

 of the cow, just in front of the udder and back of the hip bones. 

 Draw tight and tie. Repeat each milking, always treating the 

 cow gently. After a time one need only lay the rope over the 

 cow's back. Finally the rope may be discarded. 



Another method recommended by some is to take a hame strap 

 and buckle the two hind legs together, but this is not efficient as 

 she is likely to get one leg loose or throw herself endeavoring to 

 do so. 



When the cow is tied by the stanchion, the experienced milker 

 will be able to milk almost any cow by crowding her over as far 

 as the stanchion will let her go, then by placing his knee in front 

 of her hock and his head in her flank she is not likely to try to 

 kick ; in fact she cannot, if the milker understands holding her 

 in the proper position. 



Sucking cow. — Occasionally a cow develops the habit of 

 either sucking herself or another cow. While there are many 

 ways of preventing this, perhaps as efficient way as any is to 

 procure a stiff piece of old leather, say one and one-half inches 

 wide and eight inches long, drive through this several eight- 

 penny wire nails with the ends filed down to a point and fasten 

 to the nose-band of a common halter and place this halter on the 

 sucking cow. With this she cannot reach her own teats or those 

 of any other cow without injuring the flanks, and she not likely 

 to try more than once. 



