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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER.' 
November 11 
A DISHORNING PEN. 
How to Hold the Head. 
I wish to construct a pen in which to dis¬ 
horn cattle. Most of the arrangements I 
have seen, especially the devices for con¬ 
fining the head of the animal, are clumsy 
and unhandy. Give complete instructions 
for making a convenient dishorning place. 
Buckhannon, W. Va. b. b. 
Dozens of devices are in use. Some 
operators use the common stanchion, 
THE PERFECTION CHUTE. FIG. 290. 
Clipper Company, says that he does not 
use a pen of any kind. It is impossible 
to get the cattle into a chute without ex¬ 
citing them more or less, and it is hard 
to get an animal in just the right posi¬ 
tion in a pen. The animal should be 
tied around the neck with a chain or 
rope, with a leader in nose, and the head 
well around on one side, throwing the 
horn well out into position. Mr. Arms 
says he has dishorned 10,000 cattle, and 
never used a chute or pen, and never 
had an animal off its feet. He gives the 
following directions for holding the ani¬ 
mal: 
“Tie the animal firmly around neck 
close back to shoulder, place leader in 
nose," draw the head well back on side, 
running rope over the hip and under 
tail, have assistant stand behind hold¬ 
ing the rope firmly. When one horn is 
cut loosen rope quickly, when the ani¬ 
mal will start ahead and turn around, 
giving you a chance to cut the other 
horn same as first.” 
At Pig. 293 is shown a dishorning chute 
made by W. S. Young, of Kansas. The 
picture shows the animal’s head as final¬ 
ly fastened, ready for the saw or clip¬ 
pers. The holder on which the head 
rests is not necessary, when clippers are 
used. This chute is also used for brand- 
with the animal's head securely tied. H. 
W. Leavitt uses the pen shown at Fig. 
290. This holds the head securely. To 
those who have no pen, Mr. Leavitt 
says: “Fasten the animal to some solid 
post, and put cattle leader into nose 
with six feet of rope attached to leader, 
draw head around post to side of animal 
to clip one horn—then draw it to the 
other side to clip the other horn.” 
The H. H. Brown Manufacturing Com¬ 
pany use the pen shown at Fig. 291. This 
weighs 270 pounds, and can be loaded 
into any farm wagon. The side planks 
slope in to the bottom, so that the ani¬ 
mal cannot throw itself. 
The Bullock Manufacturing Company 
use the calf dishorner shown at Fig. 292. 
This cut shows the dishorning shears 
open. The horn of the calf is put be¬ 
tween these two knives; then, when the 
lower lever is pulled up, the horn is cut 
o'- gouged out without trouble. Mr. Bul- 
THE IMPROVED ANIMAL TRAP. FIG. 291. 
lock, in speaking of dishorning larger 
cattle, says that he has not found any 
device necessary other than a chain 
around the neck and around a post, with 
a leader in the nose. He draws the head 
around on the outside, and then after 
removing the outside horn, turns the 
animal around and cuts off the other 
one. In some cases, where large herds 
have been operated on with no suitable 
place other than an open shed, he has 
built a stanchion in the doorway, with 
both sides hinged, so that they would 
drop back to permit the animal to pass 
after the horns were off. Where there 
is plenty of room in front for the head, 
the ordinary stanchion is better than a 
chain around the neck of the animal. 
A. C. Brosius, who manufactures the 
Keystone dishorning knife, does not 
think a chute or pen is needed at all. 
He has in many cases used stanchions, 
turning the head sideways, and fasten¬ 
ing with a double chain. In the West, 
where animals are not used to being 
handled, it is an easier matter to catch 
them in a chute or pen, rather than to 
rope them. 
C. E. Arms, secretary of the Eureka 
A YOUNG CALF DISHORNER Fig. 292. 
ing cattle, and is also used for driving 
hogs into a wagon, in which case a 
false bottom is used. 
Ayrshire Cattle. —The Ayrshires are 
very popular with milk dairymen. They 
seem to succeed in some locations where 
the Holsteins fail. A judge of Ayrshires 
told us recently that the Scotch importa¬ 
tions are lighter in color than American- 
bred stock. He did not know whether 
the peculiar climate of Scotland 
bleached out the brown, or whether 
American breeders preferred the dark 
colors. At any rate, the Scotch cattle 
are usually of a lighter brown. One ob¬ 
jection urged against the Ayrshire is her 
small teats. It is explained that in Scot¬ 
land the cows are milked by women. 
Many years of milking with small hands 
has resulted in small handles. That is 
a plausible explanation. If true, the 
breeders should put their cows in charge 
of big-handed hired men at once. 
A Double Egg. —In gathering the eggs 
the other day, among the number was 
found a small one, which the housewife 
broke, thinking it was about the right 
size to settle the breakfast coffee. In 
place of the yolk, there was another egg, 
YOUNG S DISHORNING CHUTE. FIG. 293. 
about the size of the common Ground 
sparrow’s egg, with a perfectly-formed 
shell. That was also broken, and was 
filled with albumen like the outer shell. 
Genesee Co., N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—In such anomalies of egg 
production, which seem to be caused by 
a brief disturbance of nutrition in the 
ovaries of the hen, it is probable that an 
imperfect or fragmentary germ is ex¬ 
cluded, and coated with albumen and 
lime salts (the shell) high up in the ovi¬ 
duct. As it proceeds it excites secretion, 
and another deposit of albumen is 
formed about the small egg, and finished 
off with a larger shell in the usual man¬ 
ner. Probably a close examination of 
the inner egg would have shown a mi¬ 
nute “yolk” floating somewhere in the 
albumen. _ 
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