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prevent the same from sliding through the ears of the hog. 3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a rod adapted to be 5 passed through the snout of a hog, of a cross bar mounted on the rod adapted to have a sliding adjustment, a ball arranged to engage over the end of the rod after the same has been passed through the snout of 10 the hog, and prongs extending from the rearmost extremity of the rod through the ears of the hog. 4. A device of the character described, comprising a rod adapted to be passed 15 through the nose of an animal, a knob adapt-
ed to be fixed on one end of said rod, a cross bar supported on the rod above the nose of the animal and arranged to have a sliding adjustment on the rod, prongs supported at the rearmost extremity of the rod adapted 20 to be passed through the ears of the animal, and knobs arranged on said prongs adapted to be held against the ears of the animal. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 25 two subscribing witnesses. WILLIAM R. McCARROLL. Witnesses: SAM A. MCCARROLL, G. A. WINCHES.