cow, HEIFER AND CALF SPAYING 



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mg in order to have the alimentar.y tract comparatively empty. Water 

 in limited quantities may be allowed. 



Position — Standing. 



i?esfra/«i— Spaying stocks (Fig. 139) are ideal means for restraint. 



Fig. 148 — Spaying emasculator. 



Pig. 149 — Jamison's spaying knife. 



Suturing fork. 



When stocks are not available the quickest and at the same time one of the 

 best methods of restraint is to tie the head to a gate post and have an as- 

 sistant draw the tail between the slats of the gate above the animal. (Fig. 

 114.) The object in using a crack above the animal is to prevent its lying 

 down. A good strong assistant — by traction on the tail — can hold the ani- 

 mal against the gate in such a manner as to limit movement from side to 



