ILLINOIS STATE ^DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. I97 



I know that Falstaff says that " grief puffs a man up," but I 

 know another thing, paroxysms of fear never made a pound of 

 beef or helped to fill a milk-pail. 



How to do it. — Lash the animal's head thoroughly and 

 securely to some firm object. Save the head and ears but re- 

 move all the horn. This short rule covers the whole ground. 



Perhaps we might add a postscript for the benefit of nervous 

 operators. Lose no sleep as to results. Results will take care 

 of themselves. 



In conclusion no risk is incurred in avowing that any 

 observing, reasoning man, however averse he may be to giv- 

 ing pain to any living thing, who will thoroughly investigate 

 this subject will concur in the proposition that the God-like 

 quality of mercy, which the poet declares : 



" Is not strained, 

 But droppeth as a gentle dew from heaven, 



And is twice blessed: 

 Blessing him that gives and him that receives," 

 is most honored, best exemplified by depriving unreasoning 

 brutes of the power to injure their own kind or their human 

 protectors. For myself, I should feel guilty of culpable negli- 

 gence toward the safety of my family, my domestics, my animals 

 and my bank account, were I to allow my dairy herd the un- 

 limited use of their horns. 



Edward E. Garfield. 

 LaFox, Ills., Dec. 12, 1887. 



THE DEHORNING QUESTION. 



H. H. Haaf, Chicago: 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : There is a good 

 deal to be said on this subject, and a good deal that cannot be 

 said to-day. I am here simply because in my heart of hearts, I 

 have wondered why it is that the dairymen of Illinois and else- 

 where, while they are so intelligently discussing the subject of 



