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to cut off the head, excepting just skin sufficient 

 to assist us, by means of ropes attached to the 

 lower jaw and forefeet, which must likewise he 

 grasped in another rope, or the same if long 

 enough, with just force enough applied to assist 

 natural efforts in expulsion of the calf. 



In the third mal position of the calf we may 

 find, either foreleg presenting; nose pressed 

 downwards; the crown of head only being seen 

 or felt. In such case, secure the leg presented, 

 by a cord; and, already having the cow elevated, 

 shove the crown of the head downwards and 

 pass a cord around the lower jaw; find and se- 

 cure the other foreleg, in same noose with the 

 other; pull the rope attached to jaw and that 

 holding forelegs simultaneously; and as the head 

 and feet are presented let them be guided, by 

 hands of an assistant, until they have fairly en 

 tered the proper channel, when but little more 

 than nature will be required to finish the work. 



Now, in the fourth place, comes the presen- 

 tation of breach, or buttocks, which can only be 

 delivered in the following way : The calf, or colt, 

 must be shoved back; and the operator must 

 change the position in such shape as to grasp the 

 hindlegs and secure them by rope, as before, 

 when nature will gradually effect the desired re- 

 sult without physical force. 



The fifth, and last, presentation we shall 

 state is where the crown of the head presents; 

 and the calf upon its back. This, at best, being 

 a tedious delivery, do not wait too long upon 

 nature's efforts; but, if the strength of the cow, 

 or mare, is fast failing, without reasonable suc- 

 cess towards delivery, secure the forelegs within 

 a noose on one end of a rope of sufficient len-tli 



