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Title: The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, Robert Patrick, 1857- ed
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: London, The Gresham publishing company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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to its fullest length, rapidlytwisted, and then divided by scraping with theknife; not directly cutting through it, as thelatter is liable to be succeeded by hsemorrhajge.In the western counties of England, searingwith a flat-shaped iron is the general custom.With or without the verdigris ointment or otherantiseptic dressing, calves commonly do well. Bearding lambs, custom varies greatly in dif-ferent districts, some flockmasters preferring tocastrate at two or three weeks, and others de-ferring the operation until as many months haveelapsed, or even later. Losses from death maynot be greater in the older lambs, but the valueis, of course, much more. Small lambs are heldwith aU their feet in the hands of a man, whopresses the back against his own chest, whilethe operator stands in front, elongates the pursewith finger and thumb of one hand, while cut-ting off an inch, more or less, and exposing theends of both testes at once. These he mayseize singly in his teeth, or in an instrument
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Fig. 4.— Instrunient for the Castration ol Lambs (fig. 4) made for the purpose, and draw outuntil the cord breaks away. This rough formof torsion answers well, and has been so prac-tised by South Down shepherds from time imme-morial. Seairing still obtains in some districts,but for very young lambs is a slow, laborious,and unnecessary performance. In the case ofolder lambs, or of rams doomed to the knife forvarious reasons, the hot iron should be used,and the verdigris ointment freely employed,there being marked tendency to septic poison-ing in the castration of adults. Pigs are the easiest of animals to castrate,and many breeders perform the operation them-selves, merely cutting open each division of thescrotum, pressing out the testicle, drawing it alittle way, first dividing the least vascular part,and next the soft portion in which the arteryand vein are situated. A little haemorrhage isnot objectionable, and it is remarkable that sofew casualties occur among these animals, hav-

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