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nervous movements of the head and attempting to rub the irritated spot. From 

 our experience in applying the liquid and also in cutting out the horns with 

 instruments, we believe that when used the fluid should be applied to as young 

 calves as possible, since the older the calf grows the more it seems to suffer when 

 the horns are removed. 



Fig. 36. — Skull of another grade Jersey heifer, showing how by the application of chemicals, the horn and 

 the base of the skull which supports it, have failed to develop. 



Cornell University Station. 



The agricultural experiment station in connection with Cornell University 

 gives the following account of a dehorning experiment in its 37th Bulletin, 

 December, 1891 : 



We have received so many inquiries in regard to this practice that it has 

 seemed worth while that we should give a brief outline of our experience in this 

 bulletin. We have made it a practice, for the past six or seven years, to dehorn 

 our cows as soon as they come into the dairy, and at the present time there is no 

 animal having horns on the farm. While for the most part the horns have been 

 removed by students and others who have never even seen the operation per- 

 formed, we have as yet to meet the first case where there has been any ill effect 



