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a few days. At Minnesota the cows were divided into two lots, part de- 

 horned and part left to witness the act. Those dehorned had a shrink- 

 age of seven per cent, in quantity of milk and three per cent, in fat. Those 

 witnessing the work and smelling the blood lost three per cent, in quantity 

 and eleven per cent, in fat. 1 In Georgia only twenty pounds of milk were 

 lost the first day after dehorning eight cows. 



EFFECTS OF SPAYING. The immediate effect of spaying is to cause a 

 shrinkage in the milk flow. This is usually recovered in two or three days. 

 The prominent effect is to prolong the period of lactation for two or three 

 years. It neither increases the daily yield or improves the quality. 



1 Bull. 19, Minn. Ex. Sta., Clinton D. Smith and T. L. Haecker. 



"Oitr knowledge is the amassed thought and 

 experience of innumerable minds." 



Emerson. 



