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MEANS OF EESTKAINT. 



MEAJSrS OF SECUKING OTHEE DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



(a) BoviNES. — With these animals benignant measures are of 

 httle avail. Kiadness may in some possible cases — but they will 

 be rarely met with — succeed to a Umited extent, but to trust to 

 the influence of the treatment so often effective with an inteUigent 

 and docile equine, such as the petting caress, the soothing tone 

 of voice, or the kindly glance of a human eye, with even the placid 

 and nuld-eyed mUch kiue, wiU. be only an act of misplaced con- 

 fidence. To blind them, to induce dizziness by turning them 

 rapidly in. a small circle, may at times produce good results, but 

 even then these measures will be more reliable if combined with 

 more palpable agents of restraint. 



Cattle may be kept quiet in the standing position by raising 

 their heads, by passing the index finger and thumb of one hand 

 into the nostrUs, -^ith the arm over the face, and raising the tip 

 of the head upward, while the other hand, grasping one of the 

 horns, moves the top of the head downward, the resistance of the 

 animal being overcome by pinching the nose with the hand which 

 grasps it with more or less force. By this means the head of the 

 animal is fixed, and the operator guarded against injiory from the 

 horns, and the movements more or less limited. While maintain- 

 ing this position, the cavity of the mouth can be examined and 

 even short and simple operations rapidly performed. Another 

 device for preventing the animal from using his horns as a means 



Fig. M.— Securing Cattle. 



