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tablespoonful of Lysol, well mixed with six quarts of clean rain 

 water. Have the backet of antiseptic solution within reach, at the 

 tail of the colt ; with a clean cloth, dipped in the solution, wash clean 

 the scrotum, or purse, and between the thighs, so that the parts where 

 you will make the incisions will be perfectly clean and sterilised. 

 Wash the hands clean with the solution. Now take notice which 

 testicle is the smallest or most difl&cult to get, which is usually the 

 off side or uppermost one, take that one first, press the testicle into 

 the purse, grasp it firmly with your left hand, and with your castrat- 

 ing knife make the incision in the purse just large enough for the 

 testicle to pass out, being careful to avoid the scrotal veins when 

 making the incision. Hold the testicle with your left hand, and, 

 without drawing it out any further than is necessary, sever the 

 muscular, or white end with your" knife, the testicle is now held by 

 two cords, the red one is the spermatic artery, the w^hite one is known 

 as the vas deferens. Pass your finger between the white cord and red 

 one, and sever the white cord with your knife close to where you 

 have cut through the muscular end of the testicle. The colt is now 

 deprived of the power of drawing the testicle back, and it can be left 

 attached to the artery until the other incision is made, and the lower 

 testicle exposed, and the parts severed in the same way. 



Use the emasculator on the lower one first, draw the artery just as 

 far as it will come naturally, without straining, put it in the jaws of 

 the instrument, slack the artery a little to allow it to go down into the 

 socket of the lower jaw of the emasculator, and close the instrument 

 slowly and firmly. In using Kendall's 1 do not pull the testicle off, 

 but run my knife through the artery at the back of the instrument. 

 When the testicle is removed, hold the artery firmly in the instrument 

 for a few seconds, while washing the blood off the exposed end, then 

 open the instrument and let the part go back inside the scrotum; 

 remove the upper testicle in the same way. If the colt struggles 

 while using the emasculator, be careful to keep the instrument close 

 to the horse so that the artery will not get strained by pulling outwards. 



With the antiseptic cloth wipe off' any blood, and dress the Scrotum 

 or purse and between the thighs of the colt with a mixture of clean 

 Linseed Oil and Lysol of the strength of 1 part Lysol to 20 parts of 

 Oil. Take off tlae rope and strap and let the colt out of the yard. 

 There will be practically no bleeding or swelling after the operation, and 

 the animals should be put into a paddock so that they can get exercise. 

 The animals as a rule show very little distress and will start feeding 

 almost immediately after the operation. 



I hope to see the system of castration without searing become 

 general in Victoria in the near future. 



