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quarters are fairly developed at the age of twelve 

 months, the operation should not be delayed, lest he 

 become heavy and gross before, and perhaps has begun 

 too decidedly to have a will of his own. 



"No preparation is necessary for the sucking colt, 

 but it may be prudent to bleed and to physic one of 

 more advanced age. In temperate weather he will do 

 much better running in the field than nursed in a close 

 and hot stable. The moderate exercise that he will 

 take in grazing will be preferable to perfect inaction. 



" The old method of opening the scrotum (testicle 

 bag) on either side, and cutting off the testicles, and 

 preventing bleeding by a temporary compression of 

 the vessels while they are seared with a hot iron, must 

 not, perhaps, be abandoned. 



" Another method of castration is by Torsion. An 

 incision is made into the scrotum, and the vas diferens 

 is exposed and divided. The artery is then seized by 

 a pair of forceps, contrived for the purpose, and twisted 

 six or seven times round. It retracts without untwist- 

 ing the coils, and bleeding ceases. The most painful 



