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tine, or some acrid fluid, in order to increase the 

 inflammation which it produces, or the discharge which 

 is intended to be established. 



In inflammation of the chest or intestines, a rowel is 

 preferable to a seton, where the inflammation has long 

 continued, but not intense. Rowels will be service- 

 able by producing an irritation and discharge. The 

 action of rowels is slower than setons or blistering, 



CASTRATION. 



Youatt says : " For the common agricultural horse, 

 the age of four or five months will be the most proper 

 time, or, at least, before he is weaned. Few horses 

 are lost when cut at that age. 



" If the horse is designed either for the carriage, or 

 for heavy draught, the farmer should not think of 

 castrating him until he is at least a twelvemonth old ; 

 and even then the colt should be carefully examined. 

 If he is thin and spare about the neck and shoulders, 

 and low in the withers, he will materially improve by 

 remaining uncut another six months ; but if his fore- 



