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DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



gruel and put on a truss, which ran be easily made 

 as follows: Take a piece of leather about ten 

 inches long and six inches wide, and make a hole 

 in each corner (the leg of an old boot will answer) 

 large enough to admit the finger; fix a rope in 

 each hole long enough to reach the neck. Put a 

 rope or strap around the neck, withers and loins. 

 Place the leather over the vulva, or shape; pass 

 two of the ropes attached to the leather down be- 



PLATE 19. REPRESENTING THE TRUSS. 



tween the hind legs, along each side of the udder, 

 along between the fore legs, and tie to the strap 

 around the neck; also fix them to the ropes around 

 the loins and withers, the two upper ropes to be 

 passed along the back and tied also to the strap 

 on tjie back, and your truss is complete. The ani- 

 mal requires to be watched and the ropes tight- 

 ened or adjusted if necessary. The truss should 



