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at three o'clock. Three hours hiter, the blood had ceased 

 flowing. In the night Cream Cup bled very freely again, mak- 

 ing her rather weak by morning, b}' which time bleeding had 

 ceased. Her appetite was very poor for several days, omitting 

 a few meals altogether. The otlier two cows suflered verv lit- 



Fig. 2. The stanchion used in dehorning the College herd. Performing the operation. 



tie ; they did not eat quite as much food for a few days, but ral- 

 lied quickly. 



April 29, the four bulls of the college herd, two Ayrshires, 

 ages sixteen months and five years respectively, a Guernsey, 

 four years, and a Jersey, three years, together with three cows 

 were operated upon. All the horns were easily cut oft^ except- 

 ing those of the older bulls, which required an extra man at the 

 handles. When cutting Alton's, the older Ayrshire, one of the 



