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manipulation as for sows, with the exception that the incision is 

 made lower down, more forward, and nearer to the last rib. The 

 objection to this method is that it is generally necessary to ope- 

 rate on both sides. I operate along the median line under the 

 belly, and afterwards close the wound with a sufficient number 

 of interrupted sutures. I think this method superior in all cases, 

 and the wound does not look so badly. 



The best method of casting the horse for removing the tes- 

 ticles is by the simple side lines. An inch rope fifty feet in 

 length is doubled, and the doubled end is tied in a firm knot, 

 making a loop of about two feet in length. The horse is led out 

 on a bed of straw or grass, and a twitch applied on the nose. Put 

 a surcingle around the body. The loop of the big rope is now 

 placed over the animal's head on the neck like a collar, with the 

 knot undermost. ISTow tie a small rope or strap around the sur- 

 cingle and rope around the neck, connecting the two for the pur- 

 pose of preventing the rope slipping over the head. This should 

 be tied on both sides. Let an assistant take one end of the rope 

 and the operator the other, and pass the ends through between 

 the forelegs. The rope should be passed around the outside of 

 the hind leg below the hock, passed around between the hind 

 limbs, and brought out under itself and carried up under the 

 neck loop and passed through it. Two or three men should then 

 lay hold of the rope on the left side of the horse, if the operator 

 be right-handed. The operator and an assistant should take hold 

 of the rope on the right side of the horse and stand near the 

 quarter of the animal. Tlie operator sliould give the command 

 to pull. The animal's hind legs are thus drawn under him, and 

 he falls on his quarters; the ropes at the same time slipping down 

 into the hollows of the heels. If the man at the head be handy, 

 he will now complete the act by 2:)ulling the head to the ground 

 and holding it there. The operator should now pull the foot, 

 tight up on the neck. The rope is then passed around the fet- 

 lock, and a hitch drawn over the fetlock and pulled tight. This 



