is best) spliced in thirteen inches long, and a large twine 

 string, three feet long, should be fastened in the middle to 

 the small end of twitch, like the cut of the twitch. 



I have never seen but three or four horses that I could 

 not get the twitch on while standing. The twitch loop 

 should be over the left wrist; then gently grasp all of the 

 upper lip you can. with left hand and, with a slow move- 

 ment, twist the twitch until it binds the nose lightly; then, 

 with both hands on the twitch, turn slowly, stiil tighter, 

 until the colt raises his head and winks his eye, then stop 

 and turn the small end of the twitch slowly up beside the 

 halter and tie it there, with the long strings on the small 

 end of the twitch, in a bow-knot in No. 4. Now ask the 

 man that is to hold the colt's head while casting him, 

 ''Please Sir, do not touch the twitch until we are through 

 operating on this horse, or colt." 



In common castration of colts and stallions, I tried all 

 the different methods known I could think of. I have made 

 a choice of all methods for my own use, and this little book 

 is intended as a full expose and explanation of my present 

 methods and practice. To meet a demand for my printed 

 methods, my ropes and instruments are shown, so as to 

 more fully explain my use of them. 



I wili now speak of colt or common castration in a gen- 

 eral way. First halter the colt with a leather head-halter, 

 and have a one-half inch rope twelve feet long, to tie in the 

 halter ring beside the other strap. I call it the chin rope, 

 on the halter; now take a half hitch on the under jaw with the 

 rope, and push the lips in under the rope; next, put on the 

 nose-twitch, as above described and shown best in cut No. 

 4 and tied to the halter properly. Then nearly every colt 



