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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
thigh must be applied, and then the slip of wood firmly 
bound over it by means of a roller of cotton cloth, an inch 
and a half broad. But care must be taken not to make it 
too tight, otherwise the circulation may be retarded, or en¬ 
tirely stopped, which will in all probability terminate in 
mortification. 
If the leg-bone is broken, then several splints of wood 
must surround the limb, carefully wrapped round with a 
bandage. 
When fractures of the limbs are compound, that is, broken 
in two or more places, then the cure becomes more difficult 
and uncertain in its issue, as it is difficult for an inexperi¬ 
enced person to place the pieces of broken bone in their 
proper position. The safest plan is to have compound frac¬ 
tures set and attended to by veterinary surgeons. 
CROPPING. 
This is at least a barbarous custom, and extremely pre¬ 
sumptuous in man to attempt to improve nature. We be¬ 
lieve this outrageous practice originated in the barbarous 
ages, when dog-fighting formed an amusement amongst the 
fashionable. Happily this is now of rare occurrence ; and 
we hope the time is not far distant when this, as well as the 
brutal practice of cock-fighting, will be prevented by an act 
of me legislature. 
