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Identifier: fittingsheepfors00clar (find matches)
Title: Fitting sheep for show ring and market
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Clarke, William James, 1868-
Subjects: Sheep
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Draper publishing and supply co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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he ground.The operator then kneels down and presses the lamb againsthis knees and keeps it in position with his elbows; by thusdoing both hands are left free to handle the knife, hold the>crotuni. etc. The operator then takes his knife and cuts thetop of the scrotum clean off, leaving both testicles exposedto view; then, after squeezing them out of the scrotum, orsac, he grips them one at a time with his teeth and i)ulUthem out. Care should be taken that the lining membranebe cut off at the same time the top of sac is removed. 116 Fitting Sheep This way of castrating may appear a little revolting topeople of a sentimental temperament, but in reality it is notso, as nothing but the teeth need touch the testicles in per-forming the operation. This method is the very.best thatcan be employed where the shepherd has to perform theoperation without the help of an assistant. Many advise cutting ofif the whole scrotum and contentswith a pair of keen shears. This mode has several drawbacks.
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Cl.amps Used in Castr.^ting. In the first place, it is plainly evident, from the stiff way inwhich the lambs walk the first few days after being operatedupon, that this method is a somewhat cruel one, as it causesmuch pain. Then again too much of the scrotum is usuallycut off by this method to allow of the animal being reallya symmetrical one, from a butchers standpoint. As with asteer, a wether lamb should be left with as large a sac orcod as possible, for when this is well filled with fat itnot only dresses better but is somewhat of a criterion of the•quality of the lamb. The use of antiseptics in conjunction with the operation FOR Show Ring and Market. 117 is no doubt very useful, but I have never employed any inthe ease of the castration of very younp lambs; I have never•found such a course necessary. In the castration of aged rams, clamps should be used, thetise of which will prevent excessive bleeding. Clamps maybe made of wood, and will answer the purpose intendedequally as

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