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DR. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



ing seldom ever amounts to anything, and about the only after- 

 t ivat nu'iit needed is to see that no screw worms get into the 

 wounds. If care is taken in performing the operation, very few 

 losses, ii any, will be had. 



Fig. 55. Dehorning Shears. 



SPAYING COWS. 



Spaying is castration of the female animal, and was practiced 

 extensively in Texas and the Western States a few years ago on 

 cows and heifers. The fashion has rather died out in most 

 breeding districts, one reason being that they are using all their 

 heifers for breeding purposes. The object of spaying heifers and 

 cows, as practiced by most stockmen, was to keep them from 



