Tusks, How Removed 



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Remove the testicle cord and cut the needle loose from the thread and 

 tie the striffen up, closing body cavity opening and the guts can not come 

 out. After all is done, wash well with a 5 per cent solution of creolin, 

 coal tar dip or carbolic acid solution but do not sew up the testicle sack. 

 Ragged edges of striffen exposed should be trimmed. 



This shows the proper method of castrating a pig where the 

 intestines are in the testicle sack. The operator has the testicle in 

 the left hand and as soon as it is pulled, the strings showing will be tied 

 around the striffen held by the artery forceps. The strings are above 

 the left hand and below the right. Two will be tied on the side of the 

 left hand and two on the side if the right hand. 



TUSKS, HOW REMOVED 



Tusks are a detriment on nursing pigs or old boars. Pigs fight each 

 otlier away during nursing and in large litters make the worst kind of 

 sores on the sides of the face. This can largely be prevented by taking 

 a small sharp pair of pincers and clipping off the tusks before the pigs 



