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sideratioii. Such sul).ji'c1s wlien hralthy and vigorous 

 are more easily castrated iu the staiuliug position, be- 

 ing confined in a stanchion and held against the side 

 of the partition l)y an assistant, or, al'lci' catching the 

 animal by the head with a lariat rope, snubbing it to 

 a post, and having the assistant grasp the subject by 

 the tail, holding the hind parts firmly aganist a fence 

 or partition. 



Fig. 13— SHOWING POSITION OF OPERATOR, ALSO LINES OF 



INCISION PARALLEL TO THE MEDIAN RAPHE OF THE 



SCROTUM INDICATING LOCATION OF INCISIONS 



Unless the scrotal region is badly soiled, no partic- 

 ular cleansing of the parts is necessary. The operator 

 takes his position behind the animal, seizing the scro- 

 tum in such manner that a vertical incision may be 

 made on the lateral sides of the scrotum, exposing the 

 testicles with one stroke of the knife. All tissues 

 should be divided from without, within, — that is, from 



