. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. I.—Reindeer Branded on Jaw with a "; A means of marking reindeer is much needed to take the place of the present practice, which frequently results in badly mutilated ears. Branding is still in the experimental stage, but the success nf the few experiments is most Fig. 2.—A Dehorning Experiment. One horn of the animal pictured was treated with caustic about four months before to try and arrest its growth. A white patch in the velvet shows that some injury was done to the horn cells, but t
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. I.—Reindeer Branded on Jaw with a "; A means of marking reindeer is much needed to take the place of the present practice, which frequently results in badly mutilated ears. Branding is still in the experimental stage, but the success nf the few experiments is most Fig. 2.—A Dehorning Experiment. One horn of the animal pictured was treated with caustic about four months before to try and arrest its growth. A white patch in the velvet shows that some injury was done to the horn cells, but the caustic also stimulated their growth. The treated horn became much larger than the untreated one, which can be seen on the opposite side. The outlook for dehorning reindeer is not 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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