. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. annually. Figure i shows the right way of removing beef and calf hides and shows the shape of the hides when so removed. On the fore leg the cut should be made down to the armpit, then forward to the point of brisket as shown by dotted lines. On the hind leg the knife should also follow the dotted lines. Figure 2 shows how not to do it and the result fig. 1. of the wrong method. Never cut across the throat. Always take out the horns and tailbone and fill the cavity from which the
. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. annually. Figure i shows the right way of removing beef and calf hides and shows the shape of the hides when so removed. On the fore leg the cut should be made down to the armpit, then forward to the point of brisket as shown by dotted lines. On the hind leg the knife should also follow the dotted lines. Figure 2 shows how not to do it and the result fig. 1. of the wrong method. Never cut across the throat. Always take out the horns and tailbone and fill the cavity from which the bone is re- moved with salt or alum water. To salt a sixty pound hide requires a water-bucket of salt. Rub on well and roll up. By keeping back of knife close to hide and drawing firmly with the left, cutting or scoring will be prevented. Lastly I must say a word about manure, a by-product of the dairy of the greatest economic import- ance ; a thing too often treated carelessly, with consequent finan- cial loss. The manure from well-fed cows is estimated to be worth FIG- 2- $ per ton, and the yearly product, if it were possible to save all, nearly ten tons, or a total of not less than $ Of all the foods given to the cow some eighty per cent, (in fertility) goes to the dung pile. The best known preservatives of manure in storage are such things as gypsum, kainit, etc. They absorb. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson co
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