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force the calf slightly down in the womb ; then pass a cord 

 round the lower jaw, and fiud the other fore leg, securing 

 it by a rope. The rope attached to the jaw should be first 

 pulled to straighten the head on the neck, then the cord 

 attached to the legs should be pulled simultaneously, and 

 the head and feet as they are presented should be guided 

 by the hands of an assistant until the head and both fore 

 legs have fairly entered the proper channel. 



The next presentation is what is called a breech pre- 

 sentation — the tail and buttocks are here presented for 

 delivery, which, of course, cannot be effected in such 

 position. The only chance of a safe delivery is to get 

 hold of the hind legs, which is not easily effected; but 

 perseverance, assisted by ingenuity, can do much, when it 

 is well known what is required. In this case, get hold of 

 both hind legs, and when they have been secured, and 

 brought into the proper channel, delivery can be easily 

 effected. 



The next and last presentation which we notice, is where 

 the crown of the head is presented, and the calf is lying 

 upon its back. This is a tedious labor, and to effect a 

 delivery at all, the calf must be turned, which, by the by, 

 is not an easy task; still, however, it can be done by 

 secLuring the head and fore legs with a rope. Should all 

 efforts fail, do not exhaust the strength of the oow, but 

 hasten to detach the legs of the calf, opening its belly, and 

 in some cases, the head also, to lessen its size, thereby 

 securing the delivery of a mutilated calf, but a living 

 cow. The subject is far from being at this point ex- 

 hausted, but we have gone sufficiently far for our pages. 

 We will now proceed to another subject connected with 

 calving, and that is the retention of the after-birth, or 

 rdentio secundinarium, as it is called, or, as the dairy folks 

 say, the cleansing of the cow. 



