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Management of Aberdeen Angus Cattle. 
carried to this extent. As a consequence, if anything has to be 
done to their feet, either as a result of disease, accident, or 
ovei’growth, they are troublesome to handle, and whatever has 
to be done is generally imperfectly accomplished. 
The best way is to cast the animal, and this may be quickly, 
easily, and safely effected by the following method : — 
Put a halter on. Take a sound ordinary cart-rope, make 
a loop at one end and pass it over the head, and let it rest close 
around the neck, low down like a collar ; bring the rope to the 
near side, pass it over the back just behind the shoulders, bring 
it underneath the chest, and pass it under and then above the 
rope so as to make a loop around the chest ; carry the rope 
back, pass it over the loins, and bring it underneath the belly, 
close to the flanks ; make another loop as before, and carry the 
rope straight behind the animal ; tighten up the loops, one close 
to the elbows, the other close to the hind flanks. 
All being ready, instruct the man who holds the halter shank 
to pull forwards, and at the same time the men who have hold 
of the loose end of the rope to pull straight backwards, and 
down the animal goes, generally without a struggle. Keep the 
head down and the rope firm, and as a rule the animal lies 
quietly until such time as it is desired he should get up, when 
slacken the rope, and up he gets, none the worse for the casting. 
The heaviest bull may be cast in this way ; but of course no 
one would think of casting an in-calf cow or heifer, either in this 
way or in any other. 
I give an illustration of an animal ready to be cast, so that 
it may be seen exactly how the ropes should be placed. 
Clement Stephenson. 
Sandyford Villa, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
