*B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 23, 1963 • McMullen (Continued from Page 7) Papers were filled out to be filed with the Bureau of Ani mal Industry of the Depart ment of Agriculture in Harris burg, and it was time again for the ritual of boot washing. By this time Dr. McMullen’s white coveralls were beginn ing to get blood and manure spattered, but since our next stop was more dehorning, he decided to wait until after that operation to don clean clothes. After three cows were de horned and the blood vessels pulled out to stop the bleed ing, a cow with breeding pro blems was examined. The doc tor removed a Corpus Lutium from the ovary and told the farmer. Mason Druck, Quarry ville Rl, that the cow would be ready to breed in three to five days. The condition could be corrected with hormones, he said, but that treatment sometimes brings on cystic ovaries, and that is a much more serious problem. Remov al of the body from the ovary by pinching it off was done quickly and with very little effort through the intestinal wall In most cases this is all the treatment needed, he said. Since we were near home and the doctor needed clean coveralls, we returned to Quairyville, and I took my leave. He had several moie calls to make during the af ternoon and I had to leave the exciting world of animal medicine and leturn to the exciting world of printer’s ink. As I look back over the day, I thought most of the cases were routine, but to the farm er, none of them were routine They might mean the differ ence between profit and loss on his year’s operation. I thought of the relief some of them must have felt when tne animals seemed to be on the Bulk Spreading Service Dealers for FERTILIZER and LIMESTONE SMUCKER BROS. 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