ANIMAL CASTRATION 



I commenced the castration of stock in 1850, without 

 books, teacher or theory, not thinking then, or for years af- 

 ter, that I would ever leave my immediate neighborhood on 

 such business, but I now think I have traveled over more 

 territory in this business, than any ten castraters I ever 

 heard of, and I have tried all known methods worth consid- 

 ering. I have had the counsel and advice of some of the 

 best M. D's at all times. I have liked the business more 

 and more, even so much as to neglect my farming entirely, 

 and have given all my time and attention to it. I got the prize 

 at our Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 1876 

 as the best castrater of ridgling horses in the U. S. I do not 

 claim to know it all, but do claim to be in good practice, and 

 to do tver\ operation the best I can, which is usually satis- 

 factory to all parties concerned. 



THE NOSE TWITCH. 



First, I like a nose-twitch in horse surgery better than 

 chloroform or ether. The best twitch I get ia made of a 

 spoke out oi a buggy wheel, about sixteen inches long, and 

 Battened at the small end. The loop at the large end of the 

 twitch should be of one-half inch cotton, (or flax rope, llax 



