Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Short and Complete Explanation of Farmer Miles' Methods of Animal Castration, Spaying: And After Treatment, With Illustrations
I have never seen but three or four horses that I could not get the twitch on while standing. The twitch loop should be over the left hand; then gently grasp all of the upper lip you can, and, with a slow movement, twist the twitch until it binds the nose lightly; then, with both hands on the twitch, turn slow/y, still tighter, until the colt raises his head and winks his eye, then stop and turn the small end of the twitch slowly up beside the halter and tie it there with the long strings on the small end of the twitch in a double bow - knot. Now ask the man that is to hold the colt's head while casting him, Please do not touch the twitch until we are through operating on him. In common castration of colts and stallions, after trying all the different methods known, I have done the most natural thing, I think, with my own inven tions. I have made a choice of all other methods for my own use, and this little book is intended as a full expose and explanation of my present meth ods and practice To meet a demand for my printed methods, my ropes and instruments are shown, so as to more fully explain my use of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
