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and below the head of the animal to such a degree that the animal cannot force its head through the palings of a wood fence or the adjacent strands of a wire fence. The lower 5 guard also serves to prevent the animal jump- ing over the fence, as it cannot raise its head sufficiently high to clear the fence with the guard. It will be seen that by my invention I pro- ia vide a cattle-yoke which is of extremely sim- ple construction and composed of few parts, so that it is very economical of manufacture, is easily adjusted to the face of an animal, and serves effectually to prevent it from tear- 15 ing down, breaking through, or jumping over a fence and at the same time permits free grazing, and withal presents no element which could torture or injure or be harmful to the animal, an objection which exists to some 20 cattle-yokes known prior to my invention.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The herein-described cattle yoke adapted to be adjusted to the face of an animal and consisting of a face-piece 1, provided at its 25 upper end with a curved metallic strip 4 and at its lower part with loops 2, adjusting-straps 3 and 6 connected with said face-piece and said curved metallic strip for securing the device to the face of an animal, a rigid guard 13 se- 30 cured to said face-piece and projecting up- wardly therefrom, and a lower guard 11 piv- otally secured to and having free movement with respect to said face-piece, substantially as described. ROBERT S. KIRK. Witnesses: H. W. DE VIES, R. T. EMERSON.