REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON. 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



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Nos. 7, 9, 14 and 21 were disposed of to the butcher during the sunimer, and No. 

 27, one of the spring calving cows, died of milk fever the day after dropping her calf. 

 The following table will show the results obtained during the year : — 



Test op Dairy Herd. 



STEER FEEDING— DEHORNING. 



This test was carried on with a view to gain information as to the advisability of 

 dehorning full grown steers, at the commencement of a feeding period, whether fed 

 in loose boxes or tied in stalls. 



Twelve 3i year old Shorthorn grade steers were used for this test, in 3 lots of 

 4 each, of as nearly as possible equal form, fatness and weight. 



They were bought on October 30, and weighed on the morning of October 31, 

 after having fasted 14 hours. The horns were then taken off lots 1 and 2, and left on 

 lot 3. Lot 1 were put into a loose box-stall, lots 2 and 3 were tied up in stalls — lot 3 

 having their horns on. 



The dehorning was done with the Keystone dehorning clipper. All bled profusely, 

 some suffering considerably, while others did not seem to mind it much. 



