DEHORNING cattle makes it easier to handle the 

 animals and insures that each one will have a 

 more equal chance at the feed trough when placed 

 in the feed lot. 



It renders the animals harmless to attendants, and 

 prevents them from goring one another in the feed 

 lot or in transit to market. Goring in transit causes 

 a greater shrinkage in weight, injures the skin for 

 commercial purposes, and leaves the flesh in a 

 hruised condition, which naturally detracts from its 

 value. 



The removal of the horns makes for more uni- 

 formity in the appearance of a bunch of cattle either 

 in the feed lot or in the herd. 



CASTRATION of bull calves not intended for sires 

 is very important, because if they are allowed to 

 run too long they become troublesome, begin to look 

 " staggy," and lose the refinement desired in feeder 

 steers. 



The quality of flesh obtained from the carcass of 

 the steer is superior to that which would have been 

 obtained if the calf had been allowed to remain a 

 bull. 



The operation removes inferior or scrub bulls 

 from the herd and retains them for feeders. 



