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operate in fly-time, the wound should be covered with 

 pine tar and no after-care given except that the ani- 

 mals should not be allowed the run of premises where 

 it is ijossible for them to overeat. They should l)e care- 

 fully herded for the first 24 or 48 hours in order to 

 prevent their being obliged to travel any great dis- 

 tance for food and water. 



Results. — Mortality from this operation is very low. 

 Facts show that in competent hands, the fatalities from 

 restraining and handling of the animals are far greater 

 Ihan those caused hy the surgical operation or sequehu 

 directly resulting therefrom. The losses may be esti- 

 mated at from one-fourth of one per cent to two per 

 cent where conditions are favorable. 



