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“THE Department of. Agriculture asks farmers to provide suitable facilities for • handling calves when officers call to do vaccination. Often much time is wasted because. struggling animals have to be dealt, with in corners of yards or in cow bails. Illustrated above is a simple method of . holding several calves in the gateway corner of the cowyard, using an ordinary strong ladder one end of which is tied to the yard rails' near the gatepost. Several calves are picked out from the mob and driven into the corner where they are firmly held by the ladder. After being vaccinated the calves can be let out into the outer yard or paddock. —E. NELSON, Assistant Inspector of Stock, Department of Agriculture, Palmerston North.

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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 518

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“THE Department of. Agriculture asks farmers to provide suitable facilities for • handling calves when officers call to do vaccination. Often much time is wasted because. struggling animals have to be dealt, with in corners of yards or in cow bails. Illustrated above is a simple method of . holding several calves in the gateway corner of the cowyard, using an ordinary strong ladder one end of which is tied to the yard rails' near the gatepost. Several calves are picked out from the mob and driven into the corner where they are firmly held by the ladder. After being vaccinated the calves can be let out into the outer yard or paddock. —E. NELSON, Assistant Inspector of Stock, Department of Agriculture, Palmerston North. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 518

“THE Department of. Agriculture asks farmers to provide suitable facilities for • handling calves when officers call to do vaccination. Often much time is wasted because. struggling animals have to be dealt, with in corners of yards or in cow bails. Illustrated above is a simple method of . holding several calves in the gateway corner of the cowyard, using an ordinary strong ladder one end of which is tied to the yard rails' near the gatepost. Several calves are picked out from the mob and driven into the corner where they are firmly held by the ladder. After being vaccinated the calves can be let out into the outer yard or paddock. —E. NELSON, Assistant Inspector of Stock, Department of Agriculture, Palmerston North. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 518