Every man his own cattle doctor: containing the causes, symptoms, and treatment of all the diseases incident to oxen, sheep, and swine; and a sketch of the anatomy and physiology of neat cattle . ement in agricultural implements, yet thesystem they pursue in this instance, as here illustrated, looks andreads so plausibly as to appear worthy of trial, and to bespeak confi-dence in its efficacy. It is well known that nothing is more humblingto the wildest and most indomitable animal than the sufferings ofextreme hunger; and among the French, in the very act of satisfyingits cravings, they habitu
Every man his own cattle doctor: containing the causes, symptoms, and treatment of all the diseases incident to oxen, sheep, and swine; and a sketch of the anatomy and physiology of neat cattle . ement in agricultural implements, yet thesystem they pursue in this instance, as here illustrated, looks andreads so plausibly as to appear worthy of trial, and to bespeak confi-dence in its efficacy. It is well known that nothing is more humblingto the wildest and most indomitable animal than the sufferings ofextreme hunger; and among the French, in the very act of satisfyingits cravings, they habituate young animals to the yoke and this purpose they attach them to the manger by means of a cordwhich runs through a ring, at the extremity of which a weight is at-tached, as represented at A, in the annexed Plate, so that the animalmay, at pleasure, approach or recede from the manger. A collar isput on the animal with two cords fixed to a bar or swingle-tree, towhich another cord is attached at B, which passes through the pulleyaf C, and to which is suspended a weight as at D, to be increased ordiminished at pleasure. Things being thus arranged, fodder is put USE OP OXEN. 159. 160 ESSAY ONT HE in the rack. The animal, when pressed with hunger, approaches hisfood, in doing which he raises the weight, and keeps it suspended aslong as he continues to eat, and thus contracts the habit of drawingin a few days* He is free to relax his exertions, for whenever herecedes, the weight reposes on the ground. In many respects, says Mr. Gilman, proud man must look up tothe beast as his superior: mans reason is replete with error; but in-stinct, or the inference drawn by a brute, from certain sounds and mo-tions, after having once learned their purport, is infallible. I have seenthe best drilled soldier mistake, for the instant, advance arms for recoverarms, but never saw a well-trained ox mistake gee for haw, or hawfor gee: hence, system is indispensable in the management of wor
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