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Veterinary Elements. 



the blood will flow out; it should be collected iu a pail 

 so that the amount removed may be known; on an aver- 

 age three to four quarts are sufficient to take away; 

 the pulse will also be a guide as to the quantity to be 

 taken; enough blood having been taken, a pin is run 

 through the edge of the wound, a horse hair or piece of 



fine twine being 

 wound around it in 

 the form of a figure 

 eight; the pin can 

 be pulled out in a 

 few days. 



Docking consists 

 of the removal of 

 a. portion of an 

 animal's tail; it 

 should only be per- 

 formed for sanitary 

 reasons, as in sheep, 

 especially ewes; or 

 to overcome a dan- 

 gerous habit in 

 horses, such as seiz- 



DETEKMINIKG THE AGE. (SEE ]\ 35 AND 37.) ing the rBlDS With 



the tail, in which case nicking, cutting of the muscles 

 which lie under the tail and whose action is to draw that 

 member down, might be preferable; the surgeon should 

 be the one to decide and operate in horses; in many 

 States the operation, unless a surgical need, is illegal, 

 and rightly so. The stockman will have to dock his 

 a sheep, which is done when they are lambs, either with 



