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MEETINGS HELD. 



For convenient reference the following summary might be given of the 

 meetings held by the Commission. The evidence of witnesses will be found in 

 the appendix to this report: 



Toronto, April 20. — The Commissioners, on the invitation of Dr. Smith, 



visited the Ontario Veterinary College at 10 o'clock and examined the anatomy 



of the horn. At 11 o'clock the members returned to the Parliament Buildings 



and received evidence from the following gentlemen : 



Ex. -Aid. Garrett Franklani, Cattle Exporter. 



A. J. Thompson, Cattle Exporter. 



W. W. Hodgson, Lessee, Toronto Cattle Market. 



It was decided to hold the next meeting at Tilsonburg on Tuesday, May 10, 

 and to advertise in the local papers that all parties opposed to or in favor of the 

 practice would be given a hearing. 



Tilsonburg, May 10. — The Commission met in the Town Hall, Tilsonburg, 

 at 2.30 p.m., when the following came forward and gave evidence in favor of thd 



practice : 



Thomas Rutherford, Farmer, Dereham Township. 

 Oliver Dorland, Farmer, Dereham Township. 

 James F. Cohoe, Farmer, Middltton Township. 

 Isaiah W. Elliott, Farmer, Dereham Township. 

 Frank E. Stover Dairyman, North Norwich Township. 

 Wm. Shepherd, Farmer, Middleton Township. 

 Willoughby Rosehart Farmer, South Norwich Township. 

 L. A. Brown, Veterinary Surgeon, Aylmer. 



Tilsonburg, May 11. The Commissioners met at 8.30 a.m. and took con- 

 veyances for a drive to surrounding farms in Oxford county where cattle 

 had been dehorned. Hon. John Dryden, Minister of Agriculture, who had ar- 

 rived the previous evening, accompanied the Commissioners, and Mr. W. A. Elliott 

 acted as guide. The farms visited were, Messrs. A. L. Scott's, Middleton ; and D. T. 

 Smith's, Thomas Rutherford's, Edward York's and Roger Hawkins', all in the 

 township of Dereham. At each of these places all the cattle were found to have 

 been dehorned, and the owners declared themselves as quite satisfied that the 

 animals, both in behavior and general condition, were better off than before. 



At 2.30 the same afternoon, at Edward York's farm, Brownsville, the Com- 

 missioners witnessed the operation of dehorning performed on six animals by W. 

 A. Elliott, assisted by Edward York and a farm hand. The first animal operated 

 upon was a two-year-old bull. It was placed in an ordinary stanchion in the 

 stable, and its head firmly secured with a rope passed around the neck and nose 

 and drawn tight by means of a tackle (three pulleys) in the hands of Mr. York. 

 The assistant held the head to a block to secure additional steadiness, and when 



