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quired. One should hold the lamb tightly by gath- 

 ering the four legs together and pressing the lamb 

 tightly against his body. The operator taking hold 

 of the scrotum and pulling the skin free from the 

 testicles cuts it straight across about an inch from 

 the body of the lamb. The testicles will then pro- 

 trude. It will be noticed that there will be a con- 

 striction near the end of the testicle. If this is slit, 

 the testicle at once springs free of the covering, and 

 it is easily removed by pulling it out after the slight 

 attachment remaining at the end has been loosened. 

 As much of the cord should be taken away as can be 

 removed by pulling it. When the lambs are young 

 and the testicle small, it should be drawn from the 

 lamb without attempting to remove the outer cover- 

 ing. The scrotum should be left open so that fester- 

 ing may not occur. The lambs that are treated 

 should be kept in a dry place for two days. If in- 

 flammation sets in and pus forms and the Iamb be- 

 comes still worse, the part should be dressed with lard, 

 the scrotum opened and the material that has 

 collected pressed out, and the parts washed with an 

 antiseptic solution such as that made with one part 

 of creolin to fifty of water. A different method from 

 those described is sometimes adopted : the testicles 

 are pressed forward by the left hand to the front of 

 the scrotum, and two cuts are made opposite the tes- 

 ticle, and through those the testicles are then drawn 

 out. This method is objectionable, as the cut heals 



