in five minutes, without one drop of blood. I was proud, if 

 I must admit it, of my skill. The owner was pleased that 

 the pup took it so kindly; it made no move while I was 

 spaying it, or ever afterward, but it was not choked to death, 

 which there is some danger of doing. The same man want- 

 ed some pups' tails cut off, near Boston, Mass. I put the tails 

 in the ecraseur, and pinched them off. That works like a 

 charm. Try it, Mr. V. S. 



HORSES TAILS 



I am often called to straighten horses' tails. My prefer- 

 ence is to cast the horse with my four hobbles and back-rope, 

 and use my castrating knife with No. 4 blade, the small 

 blade on my castrating and spaying knife, as shown on 

 page 13. 



To cut the upper cord or muscles in two, in one, two or 

 three places, according to how much it crooks, avoiding the 

 joints. I aim to cut so the tail will go straight and a little 

 over to the other side, for in healing it will settle back a lit- 

 tle. I put my blade in half an inch below the hair, side- 

 ways, and bury all the cutting edge beyond the skin well; 

 then turn the edge up and cut all the top muscle in two up 

 to the skin. Then turn the knife over and cut down to the 

 tail bone to make sure of all the cord while the muscle is 

 tight. By bending the tail from you, no after treatment is 

 necessary. I like this better than only to make one cut, and 

 tie the tail around to the opposite side for one week or 

 longer. 



DEHORNING 



I never met a farmer who knew nothing about dehorn- 

 ing but objected to such cruelty. I also never knew one 

 who had had twenty cattle dehorned but was in favor of it 



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