CHAPTER VIII 



CASTRATION OP THE RAM 



Objects and 1 iidicatioHS — Tlie operation is rarely performed upon aged 

 rams. Its greatest ap])lieatioii is to lambs. Castration hastens growth and 

 development and im]iroves the eharaeter of the mutton and fleece. Cas- 



Fig. 9.5 — Restraint and position for castration. 



