DISHORNING CATTLE.
Tho Board of Agriculture has issue some instructions which are o{ ver great importance to all interested i; the care und transport of cattle. I is well known that a consignment o hornless cattle can be , conveyed, b; sea or land with far less risk'of in juries than if they retrained theii Homes, and it has long been th< practice to remove the horns after they are partly full grown. Thi cat hardly be done without undue pain tc animals, and. death has been known to result from the operation. The Board now gives specific directions which, if carefully followed, will stop the horns from growing, When the calf is from two to live days old the tip of each horn-bud is rubbed with a moistened stick of caustic potash three or four imes, at intervals of five minutes. Care must be taken to rub on the centre of the horn and not round the side of it. Caustic potash is of such a corrosive nature that it cannnof be touched with impunity and should be held in tinfoil, . The directionu referred to will doubtless be easily obtained by those who require them. .
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North Otago Times, 3 August 1903, Page 1
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195DISHORNING CATTLE. North Otago Times, 3 August 1903, Page 1
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