Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-18

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- .ga drove up 10 Alvurd's yes-
1870 Asue drove down the vest
- n the bridge I could see Mr..
1ss,,s =, the dehorning chute With |
- 1. ksud. and using IL, TOO. Before
$ % opposite, the animal had been
$500 out and another turned In. and
- dine We could hear The ssw - Seii
- de sc,ion. We drove on past,
~ a soon as the " elderly lady
,rnId be safely deposited In The house
fts.seped GU, TO the scene Of ecsion,
vbSre BY this tsnse there were eight or
- deaoyaed cattle
letting closer. found my neighbos
m~uit, With serious bat determined
- among bis suckeys," quietins
80 fears While performing his disa-
s,ssb,e duty. That COW 10 cut too
49,: don's you see sc bleeds more
40 the oshers'p said nay friend, Is
enns up. 81 have mind not to cut
= close this time" / ssid, "Cut
avvu 10 the naatrix." feeling for the
alars % plainly visible At the base Of
- horn, which be did with bu, little
hsss4ncy, remembering the admoni-
tisa Of Haaf TO "cui close and do 9
esoi Job while you are sioutit-" This
"a sp,n.si did not bleed " bat the least
kit.' The fact being that some bleed
r,ogs than others, even when cut NJ
- ssms point. timed my friend BY
II watch, TO see him cut Oh both
hosns 10 fifty seconds after the animal
vss IN place. Once two animals were
@run IN" fastened, dshorned and
msnsd out In four minutes by the
watch. which | thought was pretty
epsd work for an old man. /
By this tine every thing had settled
1ssn y business, a. the novelty OF
~ new departure wore OF. Al
yprd had tehorned exactly one hun.
deei head Ia i've and hail hours Or
sssuriay- or, rather. Ir ing had. Al
vwd had told me that when the
= boys" came home from California
y meant 10 deborn. Whether there
uas method In his absence on Satur-
day, or whether the lad stole march
- the old gent" am unable to say,
~ hsvias inquired. Anyway, he was
sbsent, and the young man had full
sway. The week before he had come
down ~ " our house, and he and
Skipped out" without letting any.
body know it. and dehorned Number
seven, securing with the rope and
hssting up according to Haaf's direc-
Ssops which pointed out the objections
and q faculties in the way. lie went
home and set 70 work 10 devise better
way 10 hold the animal, and succeeded
admirably. as the result shows.
thought to dc cribe this vice" -
may better call IL than By any other
name; but, when face to face vita. the
Job. found 1t no easy task to do. First.
four posts are set ia the ground, board
ed up on eash side. with gate at the
end to close upon an animal when
once IA the boz. At the forward end
three levers, one across the neck, an
other on the nose. the third pressing
literally, fairly elinch the animals
Nd absolutely so that 1t cannot move
uyway. yet exposing the horns con-
Vni<nt to be cut Oh. IL would seem
me could be no improvement over
-. 80 1 persuaded the young man to
nnhs . close estimate Of the cost and
, consent to make some for sale. II
anyone wanted them. and which
Aank IL would pay persons to get u
tAsy had more than twenty head of
eaile 10 dehorn.
Nov there Is no monopoly in this,
iss any one may go aud take the d.
nsnsicns and make oie. II he choose.
Neither Is there any speculation In IL.
tos be says the price shall DO no more
han Gve dollars delivered on the cars.
heasd ready for shipment. with direc-
tons hos TO put them up. The weight
baot more than $50 pounds. possibly
-. 70 that this "a clamp" or wise"
= whatever We may call II, Is within
ssaeA Of every neishborhood in the
Ind. The Alvords dehorned without
hjury cows that calved within - hours,
vAich could pot safely be done with
Asrope. The same old story was told
= 10 the effect Of dehorning upon the
asry. The hundred cows shrank l.
nilons in their milk for the one day
Aiy-a pound OF milk to the co -
md thea came back TO their mess.
HsuiGs cows were some OF them qus. I
eely chewing their ouds before he was I
seas With the last of them.
pne Of the subsoil plows gave way,
isS week. under the pressure OF a
Assvy strain incident to deep blowing
Il suf soil, coupled with the actions
9 IN unsteady team. c nyassing the
s1es;ion As 10 how soon il could be re-
rsred. the fact came out that not
snNe dealer ia agricultural imple
nenss In all Of oregon or Wa hing'on
Iuf'tors kept sabsoil plow in stock.
~ thai one could not be obtained
Aau Of sending to San Francisco
kA
ses this l. no, ~ much Of a Eetec-
go upon the dealers as upon the
arnsrs The merchant is supposed
keep what his customers call for
ne demand for an article Is what
sssys in due true brings supply.
~ there had been demand. some
enfcnsins firm wonld have found Il
smsr inseres, TO have kept stock
ness fOt sale. There can be no