CHAPTER XI. 

 OPERATIONS— DEHORNING, ETC. 



/V all operations it is imperative that hands, instruments — 

 in fact everything used in the work should be CLEAN and 

 zv ell DISINFECTED. 



1. Dehorning. 



This is an operation which is carried on to a great ex- 

 tent in Canada and other countries, and is gaining the favor 

 of stock owners rapidly. It is a very simple, although a 

 painful operation while it lasts, and is, as a general thing, at- 

 tended with very good results. While this is a painful opera- 

 tion so are all other operations, such as castration and dock- 

 ing, but as long as it is done with a view to benefitting the 

 lives of the cattle themselves, and also their owner, it is not 

 considered inhuman. It is best not to perform this operation 

 on cattle under one year old, for the horns will often grow 

 again, and before that time they never do much harm. The 

 best time to dehorn is in the spring, during the months of 

 March and April, so that the horns will be well healed up 

 before flies come to bother them, or in the fall of the year, 

 just after there has been frost enough to kill the flies. The 

 operation is a simple one, and is performed in this way : 



Fig. 69. — The Operation of Dehorning. 



Build a stanchion, similar to the old way of tieing cattle, 

 in a solid doorway, or any other such place where you can 



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