ANIMAL CASTKATION. 



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vantage of being always easy to be obtained, wliile tlie 

 more complicated <3ontrivances are not always easy 

 of access. 



The castrating forceps (Fig. 12) are used for bring- 



FiG. 12. 



FORCEPS TO HOLD THE CLAMP 

 TOGETHER. 



VISE FOR THE SA.ME. 



ing the clamps together while they hold the spermatic 

 cord between their branches. There are several kinds 

 of these, but in default of obtaining them readily, the 

 operator may find an eligible substitute in the black- 



