. Dehorning and castrating cattle. Castration; Dehorning. 6 FARMEKS* BULLETIN 949. heals very slowly. The loss of blood from older animals will also be more likely to cause trouble than with younger animals. Although some stockmen prefer using the clippers altogether, it is much safer to use the saw altogether than it is to use the clippers altogether. A desirable compromise would be to use the saw on the hard, brittle horns of the older animals and the clippers on the soft, tender horns of the younger animals. Whichever instrument is used, care should be taken to cut enough of the horn to ins
. Dehorning and castrating cattle. Castration; Dehorning. 6 FARMEKS* BULLETIN 949. heals very slowly. The loss of blood from older animals will also be more likely to cause trouble than with younger animals. Although some stockmen prefer using the clippers altogether, it is much safer to use the saw altogether than it is to use the clippers altogether. A desirable compromise would be to use the saw on the hard, brittle horns of the older animals and the clippers on the soft, tender horns of the younger animals. Whichever instrument is used, care should be taken to cut enough of the horn to insure that unsightly stubs will not grow out. From. Fig. 2.—Dehorning clippers. The cutting edges are formed of two V-shaped knives which come together and give four cutting surfaces. When the handles are pulled together the horn is cut in four different places, which lessens the tendency to crush the horn, common with square-edged blades. one-eighth to one-half inch of skin should be taken off to insure this. (See fig. 4.) When this is done the horn-forming cells are probably destroyed, which prevents further growth of horns. If none of the skin is taken off the stubs of horns will grow out and sometimes are almost as effective in hooking as the original horn. Occasionally, too, such a stub will grow down into the eye of the animal, which makes it necessary to perform the operation again. TREATMENT AFTER DEHORNING. Cattle should never be dehorned during warm weather, that is, weather that is warm enough to cause danger of the wound becom- ing infested with screw worms. If there is any danger of flies what- ever, some fly repellant should be applied to the wound immediately after the animal is dehorned. Either coal tar or pine tar is very. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Farley, Frank W. (Fra
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