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leg's and bring the ends of it back one on each side around the outside 

 of the hind leg's, and back around the inside just above the hock, 

 then bring them forward on the outside of the front legs through the 

 loop; have a man on each side to pull on the ropes, which will 

 soon throw him down, then tie him up solid. This is the best 

 method known for throwing cattle. As soon as you have secured 

 him, take a sharp knife and make a cut along the side of the bag 

 large enough to let the testicle out; be sure the cut extends to the 

 bottom of the bag so it will not form a pocket.. As soon as you 

 have let the testicle out, draw it well up and you will notice a 

 white covering attached to the back part of it, cut this off close to 

 the testicle with your knife, then you can pull up the testicle and 

 cord free; after this, pull the testicle and cord well up, and if the 

 bull is over a year old, tie the cord with a strong, fine piece of 

 string about four inches above the testicle, leaving the ends of the 

 string six or eight inches long so they will hang out of the bag and 

 not heal up in it; leave this string on until it drops off itself; cut 

 the testicles off below the strings; fill the holes full of salty butter 

 and let him go. The reason the string is tied on the cord when 

 the animal is one year old and upwards is because there is danger 

 of him bleeding to death from the cords. The operation of 

 castrating a bull standing up is done by securing him in a solid, 

 narrow stall and operating in the same manner as you would if he 

 was lying down. 



The way to castrate a calf is to tie him or have some person 

 hold him; make the cuts in the bag the same as for castrating 

 bulls; when the testicle is out, separate the covering attached to 

 the back part of the testicle with your knife; then draw the cord and 

 testicle well up, and with your knife scrape up and down on the 

 cord until it is scraped off, this will stop the bleeding; fill the 

 holes full of salty butter and let him go. The main thing after 

 castrating bulls, bull calves, boars and dogs is to keep them away 

 from dampness, and if they swell, bathe with luke warm water and 

 soap and open up the cuts with salty butter on your finger. If it 

 swells very much, bathe with luke warm water and salt three 

 times a day, and after bathing apply white lotion. Sometimes, a 

 few weeks after the cuts are healed up, the bag swells and becomes 

 very sore and hot; in this case you may know there is matter 

 forming in the bag. Bathe well three times a day with luke warm 

 water; after bathing apply white lotion and put on a hot. poultice 

 of half linseed meal and half bran ; fasten the poultice on by means 



