CASTRATION. 
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There was a general doubt in the test of tuberculin in this 
herd on account of their fine condition. 
The post-mortems were witnessed by Dr. Gardner, Veterin¬ 
arian of Guernsey Cattle Club; Mr. Norris, Secretary of Guernsey 
Cattle Club; Mr. E. N. Howell, of Poughkeepsie; Mr. Eddie, 
of Saratoga; Dr. Heinie, of Kingston and Dr. Traver, of Rhine- 
beck. 
I was assisted in these post-mortems by my son, Dr. Otto 
Faust. 
This test was a great victory for tuberculin; every cow that 
reacted showed marked lesions of tuberculosis. 
CASTRATION. 
By W. E. B. Miller, D. V. S. 
A paper read before the Pennsylvania State Veterinary Medical Association. 
(Continued from Pago 9/.) 
Many operators claim to have operated on ridglings, and 
lead the owner to think so, when as a matter of fact, they have 
not operated on a ridgling at all, but simply upon what might 
be termed, a close colt , which any ordinary operator might have 
altered if he so desired. It was such as this class of animals 
that Dr. T. B. Rogers referred to in his paper read at the last 
meeting of this association, when he stated that he “solved the 
cypher and brought forth the little mouse, etc.” He must have 
found two ridglings however, for he admits that he twice failed, 
“utterly failed, to accomplish his purpose, even though he ex¬ 
plored the whole inguinal space,” his hand must have been like 
the “ham” he wrote of, and he should have gotten some “quack” 
from the mountains to have finished the job for him. A ridgling 
is a much more difficult animal to castrate than a close colt, 
and the operator has to be possessed of a knowledge of the 
anatomy of the parts, or have had much practical experience in 
