The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-04-06
DehOrnIng Cattle.

engrafting itself into the minds OF
farmers and practical stock raisers at
a more rapid rate than would natur-
ally be supposed and is question
Of no small moment inasmuch as
there are now upwards Of 100000
head of the horned tribe roaming oy-
er the hills and praries Of the United
States, and which are subject to this
process Of dehorning if it proves
practically advantageous. We can
point to seyeral.instances in our near
vicinity where farmers have thus ex-
perimented and in every case the
most satisfactory results have been
obtained. When the subject of de-
horning cattle was first instituted, we
in common with many others enter
tanned grave doubts as to the feasibil-
ity Of such a theory, but after care
fully considering the matter and not
ing the beneficial results by those
who put the theory into actual prac-
tice We haven't the semblance of a
doubt but that the horns like the
Chinese, tmust co. But our oppo-
,nents confront US with arguments to
the effect that it is cruelty to ani-
mails; that if the horns were Of no
benefit they never would have been
placed on cattle, and that God does
nothing in vain. To the first accu-
.sation we would say that we are as
bitterly oppose,l TO cruelty TO ami
mails as any mortal ever was. but we
deny that the simple process Of re-
moving the horns with the proper ap-
pliances is cruel inasmuch as it re-
quires but a few seconds 10 perform
the operation and the hsal.h OF the
animal is left uninpaired. 1t is
much more painful for a human being
to sit down and allow a dentist TO ex.
tract tooth than for COW to con-
sent TO have her horns removed, and
still it is done every day and why.
Because there is an ultimate advan-
tage to be considered. The second
charge is fully as easy to answer. In
the first place no sane man will deny
that God has placed a great many
things in this world which if left in
the crude form would be of no benefit
whatever to mankind and so he has
endowed us with the ability to make
use of these things 10 better our con-
dition by grasping the opportunities
beforeus. What does gold amount to
for instance ia its crude forml You
all know what il amounts to after
man has utilized il. And just SO
with cattle. Hasn't man been in
strumental in bringing cattle up to a
higher standard Of perfection than
they naturally were and made them
much moro profitable as meat and
butter producers1 Certainly and now
that the practice of dehorning is
proving so advantageous we recon-
mend its encouragement by all means.
Many people are gored 10 death each
Iyear by the vicious bovines. Cattle
often injure each other fatally with
their horns, and are almost sure death
to colts when they come in contact
with them. And just think what a
terrible annihilation awaits the
young lady with a red jacket on who
attemps to save time BY going through
pasturein which is choice Durham
bull with tuif gT0Wn.5 PAIR or horns.
If the matter Of dehorning cattle
should become political issue and
the woman allowed voice we VEN
ture the assertion that they would
vote as a unit in fayoF Of dehorning
with big ID, How many Of us have
witnessed time and again, the leader
of a big herd Of cattle standing at the
Watering trough latter supplying her
own requirements on bitter cold
day, keeping the rest fr0N drinking
BY displaying TO a disgusting degree
those great base ball clubs on her
head, and again; cattle with horns
when stabbed require more room thus
necessitating extra expense forbuild-
ing material; or when alIowedto run
loose and night approaches, leaders
will station themselves at The door OF
The shed and the weaker ones (those
most requiring protectionl must re-
main outside and endure the storm.
These are but few Of the many OBJ
stacles which can be overcome by the
process Of dehornipg and we are 81
the opinion thar the time is not
far distant when the theory will
be put into general use. The
great degree Of perfection all
ready attained ii the animal and
vegetable kingdom has been the di-
rect result of man 5 ingenuity and art
flKeontfivance. Let us notstop now
Win the belief that the top-most
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