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The operator must sit down, the assistant holding the bird on his legs, with 
back toward him and the right side downwards, the lowermost leg bemg ait 
firmly along the body, and the left leg being drawn backwards toward tee ay 
so as to expose the left flank, where the incision must be made. A few Be é 
are plucked off just to expose the skin; the latter is raised up with the Fuser 
so as to avoid the intestines, and an incision large enough to admit the Mo, | q 
easily is made into the abdominal cavity, just at the posterior edge of oe wae 
rib; in fact, the knife is kept close to the edge of the bone asa guide. 5 ak of 
by any mishap, any portion of the bowels protrude through the wound, thet 
must be gently and at once returned. Supposing all well, the forefinger}8 eof 
introduced and passed behind the intestines towards the spine, on eac if 
which the two testicles are situated, being in a young bird of four Tee a 
age, at which time the operation should be performed, rather larger ange 
horse bean. One of the testicles being felt, it must be gently torn by the ea 
away from its attachments to the spine, and removed through the woun® "| | y 
other being afterwards sought for and taken away in a similar manner, fter it 
must be taken that the testicle does not slip away among the intestines =) 
has become detached, as its detection then and removal from the body Jocal | H 
prove difficult; but even if this accident should happen, not much beyore 7, | | 
inflammation will, as a rule, happen. ‘Both testicles being safely renga ‘on | 2 
edges of the wound must be brought together, and kept in the proper P® the 
by two or three stitches with the waxed thread. These must be made 1? 
usual surgical fashion, each stitch being detached and tied separately, fo avoid i 
sewn asin a seam. In making them, the chief thing to guard againstis a nof 4 
even pricking the intestines with the needle, much less including any port! pire | 
them in the stitches, which would certainly result in the death of te rind 
When all is finished properly there should be very little bleeding or su : got | 
and the bird should then be placed in a coop in a quiet place, and fed ue pu 
foods. After a few hours, he may be allowed in a run or yard by himse x, but j 
until the wounds are thoroughly healed, he must not be allowed to pee our | 
compelled to sleep on straw. The soft food must be continued for three ° anket 
days, and, when quite well, the bird can either be fattened up for the "ee he 
or utilised as a foster-mother for the rearing of chickens, for which purpe: oe | 
comes in very handy after he has been caponised, especially for incubator I 
chicks.—Harmer and Stockbreeder. 
THE PRESERVATION OF EGGS. 
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At the instance of the Poultry Society of Saxony, an interesting compet in 
has been held as regards the preservation of eges. The eges had to be neal 3 
in before lst May, 1899, and were to be kept six months. As the mail ests 
of the competition it seems certain that preserving with water-glass 18 the two 
the cheapest, and the most convenient method. ‘The competition compris oes 
sections: the first for eggs intended for confectioners, general cooking pt ‘ able | 
&c.; and the second for well-kept, clean eggs, which should be readily 8% ; the | : 
for ordinary purposes. Not one of the 150 competing eggs was rotten. yer 
examination after the lapse of six months. In the first section there “jy. 
three entries, and the eggs that were awarded first prize were treate noo } 
following manner :—The eggs were first gently knocked against one anothet pen | 
to ascertain that they had no cracks. From twenty-five to thirty eggs wer peal 
placed in a sieve and dripped with warm melted lard; when the eggs hai gol 
removed from the sieve and the lard coating had cooled, they were sub’ jp 
in a solution of water-glass. For 600 eggs 6 lb. of water-glass dissO¥% jg 
some 8 gallons of water were used. The cost of this method amounte the 
about two-thirds of a penny per score, and the taste of both the yolk a ease 
white was irreproachable. “There was no loss of weight. As regards the at 
awarded second prize, the yolk was good, but the white had become Boe i 
reddish. The taste, however, was all right. The eges had been plate 
