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are disposed to adhere to the old way of opening the bag on 

 either side, cutting off the testicles, and preventing bleeding 

 by searing the vessels with a hot iron ;" and in older horses 

 searing lightly, and making more secure by applying a liga- 

 ture on the artery, allowing the ends to hang out of the 

 wound. Very little after-treatment is required ; the wounds 

 should be kept open till the cord has healed ; if much swell- 

 ing ensues, a few punctures may be made in the sheath with 

 a penknife or lancet. He should be turned into a loose-box 

 (X paddock, and fed on cooling easily digested diet. 



Year-old colts may be at once turned to pasture, but 

 sheltered from cold and wet. 



