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THE WORLDS MEAT FUTURE 



Dehorning, though a cruel business if left until the cattle 

 have attained a considerable growth of horn, is quite a light 

 operation if done while the calf is young. The most popular 

 method Beems to be to cut out the button with a half or three- 

 quarter inch gouge and rub on a little stick caustic. When 

 the beasl has a large horn, several varieties of dehorning im- 

 plements are in vogue, including a saw. all more or less bar- 

 barous in use and effect . 



1. Champion Shorthorn Bull, Quilmes Collynie 5th, 3 years old. Owned by 

 Sr. Leonardo Pereyra, San Juan. Won Shorthorn Society's Cup, MacLennan 



Cup, and Amos Cruickshank Cup (Group of 5). Sold for £2187. 



The Herefords of Entre Rios are run on poorer quality land, 

 or land which is more suitable for them, owing to their hardy 

 nature and resistance to disease. The paddocks on these 

 properties for the most part are larger than on the better 

 country, otherwise the Herefords are treated much the same 

 as Short horns, with the exception that dehorning iff not so 

 generally practised. Entre Rios, as its name implies, has 

 many streams, consequently dehorning is not necessary to 

 prevent knocking about while watering, as on alfalfa camps. 





