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• J. Do you cub lamb's tails ? A. Yes, 1 think it improves their appearance and adds to 

 their comfort. 



Q. Suppose you can increase the value of an animal $10 or $20, Jo you think that would 

 be justifiable .' A. N T <>, 1 think not, except it increases the comfort of the animals themselves. 



Q. Have you known of injuries indicted by horns ? A. I have heard of them, but I have 

 never seen much. If it were a comfort to the animal to have its horns off I think it would be 

 all right to do it. It would be justifiable to take the horns off a vicious animal, but I don't see 

 the necessity for taking them off nice, (|uiet, innocent cows. 



Mr. Hutchinson. — Is cutting the horns off cows necessary to tit them for the use for which 

 they are intended — the giving of milk, for instance ? A. I think not. 



Q. Is it necessary in the case of steers ? A. I have never seeu such necessity. 



Q. Castration you regard as necessary I A. Yes. 



Q. And that makes a material and important difference ? A. Yes. 



Murray Smith, North Dorchester, sworn, said : I have been engaged in farming for the 

 past twenty-eight years, and keep about 30 head of cattle, chiefly for dairying. A vicious bull 

 might have its horns cut off, but I think the operation as a general thing ought not to be per- 

 mitted. I have had a horse killed by a bull, but outside of that I do not recollect any serious 

 injury having been done by horns. My practice is to stable and chain up at night, letting the 

 cattle out in the yard in the daytime or the pasture field in summer. There are usually one or 

 two bosses in every herd, and the rest keep away from them. I have used knobs to guard 

 against that. I dehorned a bull last winter. We put chains round him in three places and 

 twisted them up tight to secure him well. We took the horns off close to the head and they 

 were two and a half inches through. It took about three-quarters of a minnte for the two horns. 

 I should say there was about a pint of blood afterwards. He seemed stupid for a couple of 

 weeks afterwards. It was about three months before the head was fully healed up. There was 

 a slight discharge from one horn. Judging from that operation I would not have the horns 

 taken off my cows. 



Mr. Drury. — Now, is a man justified in inflicting pain upon a dumb animal simply to 

 increase its money value ? A. I don't think so. 



Q. What do you consider justifies the infliction of pain ? A. Necessity, for one thing. 



Q. Why do you dock lamb's tails ? A. They look better and are more valuable, but there 

 is a big difference between cutting the tails off lambs and cutting the horns off cattle. 



Mr. Hutchinson. — Would you be satisfied to leave each case to stand upon its own 

 merits, so that where unnecessary cruelty was committed the person would be subject to the 

 law ? A. I think so. I had a necessity for cutting the horns off my bull, and I'd be quite 

 willing to leave it to anybody. 



Q. Now, as to cutting lamb's tails, why do you do that? A. Because they look better 

 with them off. 



Q. Is there not a necessity for it ? A. Not as far as I can see, but it makes them look 

 better. 



Q. Then why not cut off the horns ? A. Because that is very painful. 



Q. But doesn't it also hurt the sheep ? A. Not so much. 



Q. Now, the principle laid down by the best authorities is that the pain must be to fit 

 animals for the purpose for which they were intended. Is it in your opinion necessary to cut 

 the horns off cows to fit them for the purposes for which they were intended ? A. No, I don't 

 think it benefits the cow. 



Foster Wilson, Dereham township, sworn, said : I am engaged in farming and have 

 from 60 to 70 steers at present. I buy them at about two years old and keep them for three or 

 four months. I have been in the business about 9 or 10 years. I have heard a good deal about 

 dehorning but I am not in favor of it as I consider it disfigures the animal. It seems to me to 

 be a whim people have got into their heads, and I think the practice will die out in time. A 

 nice pair of horns often help to sell an animal. I have not seen a great deal of loss caused by 

 horns— a few hair scratches — that is about all. 



Mr. Drury — Now, witnesses say that taking the average life of a herd there is more suffer- 

 ing inflicted by the horns than is involved in the operation of removing them. If they are 

 correct, would that be a justihcition — that is, on grounds of humanity? A. I don't think it 

 would be. I don't think it's right or that anything justifies taking the horns off. 



< t >. Have you seen the operation ? A. No. 



Q. If it could be performed without pain to the animal would you favor it? A. No ; I 

 prefer the horns as I think they look better. My neighbors have not had the horns taken off 

 their cattle. I think the law ought to prohibit the practice. 



Mr. Glendinninc — Why do you castrate sheep and hogs— to increase their value ? A. 

 Yes ; to make them more profitable. You can sell a ram or a boar pig, but you can't get as- 



