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DEHORNING CATTLE. LA7 
comfort attending the absence of horns must result in an in- 
creased milk secretion. Confined in smaller quarters and larger 
droves, the beef steer may, in a given time, cause more dis- 
comfort to his mate than the cow to her sisters, but the latter 
enjoys a longer life in which she may cause injury and damage. 
The shrinkage of milk resulting from dehorning a dairy herd, 
as reported in the following tables, can hardly be considered a 
formidable argument against the practice in view of the later in- 
creased yields that may be expected. In 1898 the average loss 
of milk was 20 pounds per cow and % pound of butter-fat. In 
1903 the average loss per cow was 70 pounds of milk and less 
than 2 pounds of butter-fat. 
THE EFFECT OF DEHORNING ON MILK AND BUTTER-FAT 
SECRETION. 
During the month of May, 1898, there were twenty-four 
cows in the college herd. Eleven of this number were de- 
horned on May 7th, and on May 8th the entire herd were 
turned to pasture. 








TABLE 30. 
Lndividual milk yield of dehorned group in ro-day periods before 
and after dehorning. 
g | MILK FLOw, I10-DAY PERIODS, IN LBS. 
° 
3s AFTER DEHORNING. 
: i 
y cm 2) . . 
NAME OF Cow. = 53 d 3 3 
tli Sel Sade 
3 ac ov Ay Qu 
A Zz 8 S 
Holstein, : - - - Siete) 158.8 173.2 181.8 T7255 
Francille, - 5 3 : - |.9 gO.4. 86.6 103.4 IOI.I 
Dolly McBeth,” - - - -19 122.8 127.8 F250.) ot 075.8 
Fannie, 2 » - 3 Seats: 115.5 116.8 II0.9 98.8 
Coomassie, - - - - - | 2 362.9 368.9 355.9 350.9 
eniiie, - : - Ry. 203.4 188.9 198.9 205.2 
Statia; - - - - . ~ 16 99.7 LOS)7 102.3 99.1 
Cora s5- a i . ta Be 229.8 BAST PAH Wel 4 $7.02 3, 
ena. - ‘ > e - | 2 Pa deg! 20751 256, 4 264.6 
Anna, - : : - - -|4 T4555 | 145 3)-te E58 U5 Sie FIA 
BOVIVe) sae 33 -- . - iS bk IS 7) LOT Nd, PN LOF Oooo 
514| 1955.2 | 2018.4 | 2075.6 | 2040.1 
13 cows not dehorned, - - - | 6%| 2232.1 | 2448.7.) 2445.0 | 2341.7 






