. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. AILMENTS AND REMEDIES. I33 pointing outward. Sew on a strap to buckle over the top of the head. Cows become kickers through training, not by in- herent badness. A strap placed as in the f*~~f\ picture and buckled tight will stop her kick- ing. A kicker is not benefited by cruelty ; try kind treatment; if it fail, try again. If cows are found gnawing bones in the pasture when they should be eating grass or chewing the cud, it shows that something is wrong with the herd or the pastu
. Biggle cow book; old time and modern cow-lore rectified, concentrated and recorded for the benefit of man. Cows. AILMENTS AND REMEDIES. I33 pointing outward. Sew on a strap to buckle over the top of the head. Cows become kickers through training, not by in- herent badness. A strap placed as in the f*~~f\ picture and buckled tight will stop her kick- ing. A kicker is not benefited by cruelty ; try kind treatment; if it fail, try again. If cows are found gnawing bones in the pasture when they should be eating grass or chewing the cud, it shows that something is wrong with the herd or the pasture. Steers and dry cows rarely acquire the habit, and it is more common in extra good than in poor milkers. It usually prevails where cows have been kept in the same pasture many years by day and taken out nights. It may not be cured at once by changing to richer feed, but I have never known cows to chew bones very long after being given abundant rations of wheat bran and clover hay, or other food containing abundant propor- tions of bone-making material which the milk must have. If cows are not fed a variety of food they will eat horse manure to get the salts out of it. In the horse manure are soda, magnesia, salt, phosphoric acid, potash, nitrogen and lime. Give such cows bran, salt and fine meal. OF DEHORNING. This may be done at any age, but best done as soon as the horn buttons are perceptible, by touching the young horn and surround- ing skin with a stick of caustic potash. Wrap the caustic Stic* with paper to protect the fingers, moisten the unwrapped end with water and apply to a circular spot not larger than a silver quarter. 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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