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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



a couple of valves, one at its middle, and the other at its 

 muzzle, so disposed as to permit the air to pass in the 

 direction from the stomach upwards. This tube is also a 

 most effectual means of conveying stimulating medicines 

 into the stomach, when the constriction of the opening 

 would resist the ordinary action of swallowing. 



There is some difficulty in performing this operation by 

 those unac customed to cattle. The safest and surest mode 

 is for an assistant to lay hold of one of the horns of the 

 cow with one hand, and the part which divides the nostrils 

 with the other, while the operator seizes the tongue with 

 his left hand, and then forces the tube down her throat with 

 the right. 



After the air has been expelled, one of the following sti- 

 mulating drinks must be administered, as the coating of the 

 stomach will have been considerably distended : — 



No. 1. 



