HOISTING A BULLOCK

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6411, 7 January 1908, Page 3

HOISTING A BULLOCK

Formers who do their own butchering are often without the necee-nry up,mr.tins for hoisting heavy animals,

with the result that they arc dressed on tin* ground. This, at the best, is often quite unsatisfactory. Great pains have co bo taken to keep the meat clean. besides being very inconvenient for quartering. The accompanying sketch shows a simple and effective method by which two men can hang up a large animal without a lot oT exertion. Two ropes, 4ft apart, are

fastened to the cross-beam of the derrick, and reach to the ground. A pole bit in length is passed through the ham-strings, a foot protruding' from either side, a pointed stick being placed between the hocks to keep the logs.apart. Now make a loop at the end of each rope, and pass them under tho protruding ends of the pole. Rut a strong stick 4ft long through the loops, and twist up the same as with a windlass. Two hame-straps can be used to secure sticks when tho desired height is readied. —“Nor’-wcst Farmer.”