Animal castration : a book for the use of students and practitioners . r even later. Season—Spring and early fall. Preparation—Same as stallion. (See page 14.) Restraint—Since colts should usually be castrated in the re-cumbent posture—primarily on account of the uncertainty of de-scent of testicle into scrotum—it becomes necessary to cast andtie them. Of all the casting harness and hobbles used for thisclass of operation there is no doubt but what the Miles ColtHobbles possess many advantages over all others. Hence theMiles method of casting colts is recommended and will be described. ^Farmer
Animal castration : a book for the use of students and practitioners . r even later. Season—Spring and early fall. Preparation—Same as stallion. (See page 14.) Restraint—Since colts should usually be castrated in the re-cumbent posture—primarily on account of the uncertainty of de-scent of testicle into scrotum—it becomes necessary to cast andtie them. Of all the casting harness and hobbles used for thisclass of operation there is no doubt but what the Miles ColtHobbles possess many advantages over all others. Hence theMiles method of casting colts is recommended and will be described. ^Farmer Miles MetJiod of Casting a Colt—Fig. 22 representsthe Miles colt hobbles applied (first position). The hobbles ofMiles consist of four loop hobbles and a main rope. These are ofthe loop variety. The material used in making the loops may beeither rawhide (plaited), leather, or rope. These hobbles are eachfrom fifteen to eighteen inches long and are applied by main rope is three-fourths inch cotton, and eighteen feet long. Animal Castration 37. Fig, Appli First rosition. Upon one end is a two-inch metal D. This main rope is alsoused as the master hobble. It will be observed that there is onehobble rope on each hind pastern and two hobble ropes on offfore leg—one around pastern and the other below the knee. Themain rope is applied around pastern of near fore leg (F). It isnow passed across through hobble ring on off fore pastern (K),then backward to off hind (L), thence across to near hind (M),and back to hobble ring (N) below off knee. The object of thisarrangement of the ropes (two hobbles on off fore leg) is thatwhen traction is made on free end of main rope (O) the off forefoot is raised or lifted off the ground. This in itself unbalancesan animal and puts it to a decided disadvantage, besides by lift-ing the off fore foot the animal will go down on the shoulder ofthat side and will in all probability receive an easy fall. Theanimal is cast as illust
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