. Australian Garden and Field. 270 THE GARDEN AND FIELD. November, l9l3 notariously pugnacious at every available opportunity. There is no doubt that the preference for hornless stock has aided material- ly in popularisinor the black or blue g-rade cattle of the north with graziers in all i^arts of the coi'in- trv. The .\berdeen-Ancfus and Gal- loway breeds and their crosses pos- sess strong claims to high favour irrespective of their advantages in this respect, but manv instances could be cited in which they would I)robablv not have been jiurchased in preference to other types had it not been
. Australian Garden and Field. 270 THE GARDEN AND FIELD. November, l9l3 notariously pugnacious at every available opportunity. There is no doubt that the preference for hornless stock has aided material- ly in popularisinor the black or blue g-rade cattle of the north with graziers in all i^arts of the coi'in- trv. The .\berdeen-Ancfus and Gal- loway breeds and their crosses pos- sess strong claims to high favour irrespective of their advantages in this respect, but manv instances could be cited in which they would I)robablv not have been jiurchased in preference to other types had it not been for their inability to in- jtire horses or other stock ^vith which thev are pastured. Owners of thoroughbred studs invariablv select hornless cattle in preference to horned to occunv the_ pastures in which their colts and fillies jrraze ; and thus breeders of-Short- horn and other horned tvpes lose a good class of customer through their failure to dishorn their store calves in the simple manner indi- cated. Tn almost every batch of cattle there aps one or two rep're- sentatives, usuallv the smaller, se- lected as the obiects upon which the rough and evil inclinations of their companions mav be expend- ed, and these as a rule require a loneer time to srrow and mature siifficientlv for the fat market. The reason for this is that, anart from bein? the obiects of abuse and ill- treatment, thev are prevented by t^-rannical masters from obtaining their proner share the fnod ra- tions, and are indeed literally starved. Their removal to another yard or shed would, of course, ef- fect a remedy as far as thev are concerne^l, but in all nro^'^ability the bullies of the lot would select some others upon which to vent their evil inclinations. The dis- hornincr process is more commonly adopted than was the case ten years ago, but it is still far from being as general as it ought to be, and it is unfortunate that it .should be so difficult to convince breeders of the extent to which the valu
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