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Show MAKE TIE FOR COW HUMANE Much Approved of Contrivance for Fastening Stock Is Described Don't Have Rigid Stanchion. There are many contrivances for fastening the cow In the stall. Ho not be cruel enough to have the rigid stanchion. The swinging stanchion Is being Installed In many stables, and is greatly liked Tho upright Iron bar with the sliding ring and chain, in the opinion of many breeders of high-priced high-priced cattle. Is the easiest and best kind of tie. A later form of chain tie, which la an Improvement on the old stylo, calls for a bar on each side of the stall, and a ring on each bar with a chain on each ring. These two chains are Joined In the center by a ring to which Is attached the chain which goes around fhe cow'a neck. Tho bars are short and should be placed with their lower end about eighteen Inches from the floor. The side chains should be slack enough so that when not attached to the cow, the center will hang eight or ten Inches from the floor. This tie gives more liberty than the stanchion, and does not Interfere with the cow when rising. These ties may be easily made out of the old chains by the village blacksmith. The iron bars should be bolted to tho sides of the stalls. |