"1st. Is the spaying of cows a dangerous operation?
"The answer is, This operation, in itself, involves no more danger than many others of as bold a character, (as puncture of the rumen,) which are performed without accident by men even strangers to the veterinary art. Two minutes suffice for the extraction of the ovaries; two minutes more for suturing the wound.
"2dly. Will not the spaying of cows put an end to the production of the species?
"Without doubt, this is an operation which must be kept within bounds. It is in the vicinity of large towns that most benefit will be derived from it, where milk is most generally sought after, and where pasturage is scanty, and consequently food for cows expensive. On this account it is not the practice to raise calves about the environs of Paris. Indeed, at Cormenteul, near Rheims, out of one hundred and forty-five cows kept, not more than from ten to fifteen calves are produced yearly.
"3dly. Is spaying attended with amelioration of the quality of the meat?
"That cows fatten well after being spayed is an incontestable fact, long known to agriculturists.
"4thly. Does spaying prolong the period of lactation, and increase the quantity of milk?
"The cow will be found to give as much milk after eighteen months as immediately after the operation; and there was found in quantity, in favor of the spayed cows, a great difference.
"5thly. Is the quality of the milk ameliorated by spaying?
"To resolve this question, we have thought proper to make an appeal to skilful chemists resident in the neighborhood; and they have determined that the milk abounds more by one third in cheese and butter than that of ordinary cows."