Show De horning dehorning dalry dairy cattle Is urged specialist cites method of operation on animals when young ry by TT IT A herman department of datry dairy husbandry bandrY university ot of missouri Ml service for the ordin ordinary nry dairy herd the animals should be deb de horned orned the horns serve no useful purpose and are responsible for frequent injuries often serious and especially to the udder dehorney dehorned De Deb horned orned cattle may be housed in a much smaller space and when they are fed and watered together in the ordinary mariner manner there la Is a material saving in labor horns on a bull are extremely dangerous the only case where it Is advisable not to remove the horns early Is that of animals which are likely to be used for show purposes the best method cc of f de horning Is to use caustic potash on the extremely young calf tills this may be obtained in stick form at any drug store to use this method successfully the horns home should be treated with caustic potash as soon as the buttons appear which will be from seven to fourteen days of age the small buttons are the future horns and may be easily located by the fingers the long hair Is clipped away from the buttons with an ordinary pair of scissors or shears A circle of grease should then be placed around the horn born making a considerable ridge above the eye so that none of the liquid containing caustic potash will get into the eye the stick of caustic potash la is then moistened a trifle and rubbed vigorously on the small horn until the flesh Is considerably reddened and at the point of bleeding it Is not advisable to continue the application after bleeding starts if sufficient caustic potash has been applied a dent will be felt in the skull after a few days and no horns will ever develop care must be used to avoid getting too much water on the caustic potash or it may run down the sides or of the animals head taking oft hair find and even getting into the eyes with serious results |