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the animal by this means would not fufFer fueh 

 violent pain as mufl: be the cafe at the time, 

 and therefore would not wade fo much jn his 

 fiefh, or be fo liable to die. If, when extradl- 

 ing the tefticle from a lamb, you examine the 

 length of the firing, you will be convinced that 

 it mull come from the very vital part of its 

 loins : How painful as well as dangerous then 

 muft be the operation ? Indeed, I have known 

 great numbers die under it : and I am of opini- 

 on, not one animal in a thoufand would die if 

 caflrated by twitching. 



Lam.bs ought to be caflrated when about fix 

 days old, and in fine weather: but, if twitched, 

 the weather v/ould not be of fo much confe- 

 quence, nor would their age, provided it were 

 done before f^y-time, I fliould advife totv/itch 

 them when about a fortnight old. This man- 

 ner of caftrating makes the leg of mutton much 

 handfomer. Calves undergo the operation at 

 the age of fix weeks ; and, although I never 

 knew an inflanceof a calf dying from caftration, 

 I fliould prefer twitching him. 



Pigs fhould likewife be twitched ; as I have 

 known them die very often from being gelded 



according to the common method. 



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