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Samuel Charles Millson, farmer, Glenworth, Middlesex county, sworn, said : 1 keep 32 

 cows at present. I had the whole herd dehorned except three muleys. The operation was per- 

 formed three weeks ago last Saturday, and they are all doing well. I did not see any great pain 

 in the operation and since then the only time I noticed pain was when one of the animals 

 attempted to hook another. I think the operation is a humane one — that the benefits are com- 

 mensurate with the pain inflicted. I agree with the last three witnesses. 



Mr. Glendinning. — Was there any discharge from your cattle ? A. Well, five or six have 

 discharged more or less. One or two might be discharging yet, but there is nothing offensive 

 about it. 



Q. Did you notice much pain ? A. When we had dehorned about ten of the herd, I went 

 into the yard to see how they were getting along. They were walking about looking amused at 

 each other, as if they could not understand how it was that the horns were off. They didn't seem 

 to be suffering any pain as far as I could see. 



Q. Who performed the operation for you 1 A. I did it myself. I had never done it before 

 and had not seen it done. 1 saw Mr. York and got some instructions from him. 



Q. What season do you think is the best ? A. Early in the spring would do — any time 

 but fly season. I think most farmers have sympathy enough for their catcle to have the opera- 

 tion clone well. Of course there are careless men in every business, but the great thing is to 

 have proper appliances. 



William S. York, farmer, Dorchester, sworn, said : I keep from fifteen to twenty-five 

 head of cattle. I have not had the operation performed, but I am in favor of it. I have noticed 

 my father's (William York) cattle very closely and my belief is that they have done better and 

 look better than they ever did before the horns were off. I don't think they get any better 

 treatment, but the improvement is owing to increased quietness. I have heard the evidence of 

 Messrs. Elliott, Fletcher and Dicy and agree with them. 



Hiram Dicy, White Oak, Middlesex county, being sworn, said : I am engaged in farming 

 and keep twenty-four head of cattle. I have not seen the operation of dehorning nor have I 

 seen animals that were dehorned, but I think it a desirable thing in view of the injury done 

 through hooking. 



The Commission then adjourned at 5.30 to resume at 10 o'clock the following morning. 



London, June 2nd. 



The Commission resumed the hearing of evidence in the Court House, London, on Thursday, 

 June 2nd, at 10 o'clock. Hon. Charles Drury presided. 



Benjamin Cook, farmer, Avon P.O., Middlesex county, was recalled. He exhibited two 

 pair of horns, illustrating methods for preventing vicious animals from doing harm. One pair 

 was fitted with brass knobs, while the other pair had a wooden bar arrangement, commonly 

 used among farmers. These, he claimed, were sufficient to meet all ordinary requirements. He 

 also exhibited a wooden appliance made in the shape of a "T" for placing upon the head of a 

 vicious bull, being fastened by an iron bolt passing through the tip of each horn. 



In evidence, Mr. Cook said : I think there is great difficulty in telling the breed, as well as 

 the age, when the horns are off. I would have no objection to dehorning if the animal could 

 not be controlled in any other way, but before I would feel justified in encouraging this custom 

 I would have the animal slaughtered. What I object to is taking the horns off an entire herd 

 of thirty or forty animals, whether they are vicious or not, makiug the innocent suffer with the 

 guilty. Mr. Cook then read a statement, of which the substance has been already given. 



