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is ample, but, should the horns start to grow, the operation can be repeated. 

 This is by far the easiest and most humane way of dehorning cattle. Care 

 should be exercised not to allow any of the dissolved caustic potash to run 

 down over the hair and injure the eyes or skin. 



RELIEVING CALVES FROM FLIES: During the hot summer months 

 flies are a constant torment to young calves. For two seasons the Ento- 

 mological Department of the Kansas Agricultural College has been experi- 

 menting and compounding various substances, in order to produce an ef- 

 fective and economical mixture which, when applied to the surface of an 

 animal, would ward off the flies. As a result of these experiments, they 



SKIM MILK HEIFERS RAISED FOR THE DAIRY. 

 Average Weight, 564 Pounds at One Year Old. 



have succeeded in producing the following formula, which seems to answer 

 the purpose reasonably well: Resin, 1 pounds; laundry soap, 2 cakes; 

 fish oil, pint; enough water to make three gallons. Dissolve the resin in 

 a solution of soap and water; add the fish oil and the rest of the water. 

 Apply with a brush. This mixture will cost from seven to eight cents per 

 gallon, and may be used for either calves or cows. One-half pint of this 

 mixture is considered enough for one application for a cow; a calf, of course, 

 would require considerably less. It will be more economical to apply this 

 only to the parts of the animal not reached by the tail. At first it will 



