DEHORNING OF CATTLE.
CONFERENCE FAVOURABLE. [BY TELEtiBAIPH. —PRESS /SSOCIAT3ON.} CHKIBTOHUKCH. Friday.. At the conference .of the Council of Agriculture,. Mr. L. Watson (Oxford) submitted a Methven \ remit urging the dehorning of all cattlo (purebreds excepted) before tno ago of two years, and that the Government be asked to legislate in that direction. A year ago, he said, he knew nothing about dehorning, but he had tried it since, and found the cattle quieter and less dangerous. Mr. Marshall: If we want to get good' beef, cattle will have to be dehorned.Reference was made to the fact that where dehorned cattle had been slaughtered damage to the beef by bruising was nil, whereas in horned cattle damage by bruising amounted to 20 per cent. Dr. 0. J. Reakes, Director-General of Agriculture, agreed that dehorning was certainly the best plan so far as the question of beef was concerned. _ There had been ample evidence of it in the freezing works. m . •- . One or two members objected to it being made compulsory. . It wag also urged that in show cattle a good deal of character was to be found in horns. There was no objection to dehorning for commercial purposes. The remit was carried with two dissentients. ■ - • t " >
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18457, 21 July 1923, Page 7
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