168 HORSESHOEING. 



Before an animal is brought into tiie stocks the neck-yoke is 

 raised, the breast-bar lowered, and the girth left hanging from 

 the hooks on the stationary bar. The ox is then led into the 

 stocks and the rope which is tied around the base of the horns 

 is carried over the pulley (i), fastened to the hook on the roller 

 (/«), and wound up till the head is tight against the head-post. 

 The yoke and breast-bar are then placed in position and fast- 

 ened, the breeching hung on the hooks (m), and the belly girth 

 attached to the hooks on the roller, so that, if need be, it can be 

 shortened till it bears the animal's entire weight. 



To control a front foot a slip noose is placed about the fetlock 

 and the limb is raised and lashed to the side-bar, the rope pass- 

 ing finally to the hook (r). To control a hind foot a slip noose 

 is placed about the fetlock, the foot carried upward and back- 

 ward over the rear cross-bar, and, with the front surface of the 

 fetlock-joint resting against the padding of the bar, the limb is 

 firmly secured by wrapping the hne several times about the limb 

 and bar. 



When no stocks are at hand, we may use an ordinary farm 

 wagon or a truck wagon. Tie the ox with his head forward be- 

 tween the front and hind wheels. Fasten the large end of a 

 binding pole to the spokes of the front wheel and let it rest on 

 the hub. Swing the pole close to the ox and induce him to step 

 over it with one hind leg, then raise the rear end of the pole, 

 and with it the leg and so much of the animal's hind quarters 

 that the inner hind leg standing close to the wagon rests but 

 lightly upon the ground. The binding pole may then be slung 

 with a rope from the rack of the wagon or other stationary 

 object and the outer limb held in the usual manner. By fol- 

 lowing this method a shoer with one assistant can easily and 

 safely control the most refractory oxen. 



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