Restraint of domestic animals; a book for the use of students and practitioners; 312 illustrations from pen drawings and 26 half tones from original photographs . Fig. 328. Hog Secured Ready for Operation. pion Plog Holder, and the restraint is complete. Or, insteadof fixing the legs together, the animal may be secured as in Fig-ure 329, with a pole or rail over the neck and shoulders. Thispole (c) is simply thrust through an opening (b) between therails of a fence, and is held down firmly against the hog bypressure downward (d) on its free end. If two assistants areavailable to seize, cast an
Restraint of domestic animals; a book for the use of students and practitioners; 312 illustrations from pen drawings and 26 half tones from original photographs . Fig. 328. Hog Secured Ready for Operation. pion Plog Holder, and the restraint is complete. Or, insteadof fixing the legs together, the animal may be secured as in Fig-ure 329, with a pole or rail over the neck and shoulders. Thispole (c) is simply thrust through an opening (b) between therails of a fence, and is held down firmly against the hog bypressure downward (d) on its free end. If two assistants areavailable to seize, cast and secure a hog of ordinary size, itshould be done as follows: One assistant seizes a hind leg abovethe hock, the other assistant seizes the two ears, then by their 284 RESTRAINT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. combined efforts the animal is cast on its side and kept in thatposition by placing the knee on its Fig. 329. Hog Secured by a Pole or Rail Over Neck and Shoulders. Conkeys Method of Restraining the Sow for SpayingOperations. Procure a piece of 3-8 inch rope (soft) about six feet long,tie the free ends together forming a loop, as shown in Figure330. Next you will procure a 2xl4-inch plank about 12 feetlong; place it on the floor or ground as the case may be, eitherspike the upper end fast or drive a stake in the ground below,or in some manner make the plank secure (D)- Now makeyour rope fast to the upper end of the plank with a spike (B),or by boring a hole through the plank large enough to allow therope to be drawn up through, when it will be secured by a largeknot in its ends. This should be so arranged that when thehog is fastened to the plank she will be about waist high, as indi-cated in the following illustrations: EESTEAINT OF THE HOG. 285
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