20 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 JAn., 1898. 
The crib is made of wood; it is 6 ft. long by 3 ft. wide; in the centre a 
wooden door is hinged on to the bottom, but is 2 ft. shorter than the crib ; 
this is called the “ squeezer.”” At one end an ordinary, old-fashioned bail is 
constructed—the movable post running between two iron bars screwed on to 
the top—so as to catch the beast’s head. When this is done, the squeezer is 
pressed against him. Attached to the squeezer is a flat piece of iron about 
18 in. long and 2 in. wide, with notches cut like the teeth of asaw. As the 
squeezer is forced against the beast, these notches hold it in its place by means 
of a catch screwed on the side of the crib. 
For castrating, a small wooden pole is let in behind, resting on the sides 
of the crib. This can be moved backward or forward, according to the length 
of the beast, by means of two iron pegs inserted in the holes bored in the side for 
that purpose. The time occupied for performing these necessary details is 
half-a-minute, where efficient workmen are employed. 
For dishorning, there are two pair of holdfasts driven into the bail outside 
the crib, and two small iron bars passed through, one catching the beast under 
the jaw, the other over the nose; another bar is passed through two holdfasts 
inside the bail, catching the beast over the neck. ‘The machine is then put in 
on the horns, and in forty seconds the beast is as pure a poley as man’s 
ingenuity can make a shorthorn. 
From the above it will be seen that from beginning to end of the two 
operations no ropes or tying materials of any description are required. And 
Mr. Armstrong claims to be the first in the United Kingdom who has dispensed 
with these necessary adjuncts where the old-fashioned method is still carried on, 
