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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 wrap- 

 ping 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 legs folded 

 nearly together, and close up to the cow's back ; the head 

 appearing, or doubled back, even with the ribs, on one side 

 or other ; the hind-leg perhaps appearing. — If the latter is 

 the case, let it be put back, as it is impossible to extract 

 the calf with a hind and fore-leg together, and the difi'er- 

 ence between the knee and the hough will be at once dis- 

 covered. The head in this case being doubled back, must 

 of course be returned to its proper position, as mentioned 

 above. As this is a case where time is required, the cow 

 often becomes very impatient and restless ; but if quiet, the 

 operation may be performed easily and deliberately. But 

 if it is found that extraction cannot be accomplished with- 

 out the "se of the hook, then the operator must take hold 



