DE-HORNING.
[ ■ In America 200.000 cattle and horses are... [ gored to ,death l annually, .arid;it is estimated . that .on' all the horned cattle' sent, to 'market thero isia loss of.os. per head trom injuries sustainedas ~copipared . with; cattle ; that:' are. !. dehorned.; : .'DehorriingJ : likeYoverythiiig''else, ' is humane, if it serves a sufficiently good pur- • pose. ' Apart from . the damage . done ! m [ transit tb market, vicious horned cattle make theynselv'es troublesome.to other stock-in jthe .. paddefiks and'delay-fattening./ Dehorning ia largely. practised by .the New Zealand Qpvernment; The-pain inflicted is said to" be onlv momentary, and the!healing.is,painless and - rapid. " Everything depends on' the cut being iwell.,maclej,and nobody but men well versed'in the art, and,possessed'-of the latest 1 instrument;:should bp;allowed to attempt' it.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 137, 4 March 1908, Page 2
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116DE-HORNING. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 137, 4 March 1908, Page 2
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