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Let the calf be moved backwards by gentle pressure, 

 and bring the head forward to the legs. 



4th. The fore- feet with the head under the 

 brisket. Let the calf be pushed back until the head 

 is felt, then take hold of the nose and pull at it, 

 when it is certain that the head is in a proper 

 position ; but force must on no account be used 

 until it is certain that it is so. 



5th. The head alone, or with only one fore-leg 

 accompanying it. Push the calf back against the 

 shoulders and brisket, and the feet, or one of them, 

 will be found folded under the belly ; pull the feet 

 forward, one at a time, while the hand is gently 

 placed on the bend of the knee. It not unfrequently 

 happens, that the head becomes so much swollen 

 and bruised, that it cannot be returned ; when this 

 is the case, the only thing which can be done to 

 save the cow, is to amputate the head of the calf, 

 after having first skinned it. Cut through the skin 

 of the forehead in a straight line, from the nose to 

 the poll, and force it back over the first joint of the 

 neck, at which place let the head be divided from 

 the body, and push it back into the womb so as 

 to enable you to lay hold of the knees, and after 

 wrapping the loose skin over the end of the neck- 

 bone, while an assistant keeps hold of the skin, in 

 order to guide it clear of the haunch-bones of the 

 cow ; let the calf be extracted gently ; but should 

 it not come fairly forward, let the calf be pushed 

 back immediately, and properly adjusted before again 

 pulling it out. 



The same treatment is applicable to the 6th, when 

 there is a presentation of the head and a single leg, 

 or the head alone. 



7th. The calf lying on its back, with its four 



