St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

looking lazily around their new quar-
tiers. Very true, other pens were full
Of cattle with horns projecting In all
directions, and at all angles that were
equally quiet and well behaved, as
were the dehorned cattle, and yet am
not converted to that dehOrning method
of making horned quadrupeds gentle.
This operation may tame them some,
without doubt, and no one can dispute
the fact that horned cattle are often
times dangerous to limb and life, In
large bodies, moving along any high
way where any person may meet them.
as In the days gone by, when driven
from the West to the New York market,
good thing where the little children on
the farm run all over the fields without
thought of danger from the cattle.
Most certainly, with large number of
cattle scattered about a large farm. and
little ones in the household that almost
live out OF doors in the summer, as
children will do, ii allowed to go, then
/ should say at once, saw the horns off
from the heads of the cattle for the
safety of the children. do not forget
my own fear of such horns long years
ago when drOves of cattle were moving
on the road, or allowed by the
farmers to roam along the road
side and eat, while "us chill
dren" wanted to 60 out into the woods
for wild flowers or the young winter
green's that were our most especial de-
light, and the rowing cattle mortal
terror along the roadside. That was
when laws of fencing were different
from what they are now, and the farmer
almost did as he pleased about his
pasturing along the road If he wished.
And now am not decided on tho wis
dom of dehorning cattle, but still for
shipping in car lots do believe it is q
good plan to remove the horns, as it
might save the injuring of cattle in
transit; but why not have it done in
the early growth of the creature that is
to be reared for market, and where the
distance to market is miles away. And
for the cows retained OH the farm and
farmers depend on their wives
and daughters to do the milk
ing all the time or the most
Of the time, it would be good,
for the safety of the women and chill
dren on the farm. 1t seems grand
preventive. cruel as it may appear to
be to the animals that endure it. But
the best part of the story is that the
farmers Of this county are the shippers
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by the farmers themselves, the de-
horned cattle filed one car, and be
longed to Thomas Mahan, a merchant
and farmer of 'Forestville; another
car of cattle was owned by William
Mahan, same town; another car was
owned by Peter Hutton, of Boston
township, and d. d. Farrall, buyer
and shipper of this place, also had
car of fine cattle. and. with one of the
Mr.. MahanS. went with them to Chi
cago on Tuesday.
When the farmers of this county, or
any other county of the state, raise and
attend to the shipping, or ship in COM
pany at one time, and attend to their
own business, there will be more money
in their pockets at the, end OF the year,
And, surely, what one. farmer can do in
raising fat cattle can be done by other
farmers. am told that Fillmore county
has been wellknown for the fine stock
the farmers raised, and If it has lost
that fame it must have been by the care
lesSness of the farmers in not keeping
its good name up. or it must have been
by shippers purchasing the poorer cat
tie and forwarding them to the place of
slaughter.
This county has several high-grades
of cattle. as well as the pure-blooded
for breeding purposes, and there should
be no lack of fne-graded cattle as fat
as corn. and good feeding can make any
animal tip the scales.
Mrs. MARTHA CRANDALL.