The book of the goat : Containing full particulars of the various breeds of goats and their profitable management / [Henry Stephen Holmes-Pegler].

  • Holmes-Pegler, Henry Stephen, 1848-
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[1917]
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Credit: The book of the goat : Containing full particulars of the various breeds of goats and their profitable management / [Henry Stephen Holmes-Pegler]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a chaise, and it still lives. No great difference can be detected between the two horns, except that one is some¬ what shorter and of a rather different shape. I have since understood that the application of Stockholm tar, although, of course, a painful process, does not cause the same amount of suffering, and is the best remedy to apply. A strand of jute or tow is saturated with this tar, and is bound round the core. As to intentional dishorning, it is a practice to be strongly condemned as cruel. I have seen it done in one case, and the pain caused to the goat was such that I should never allow the operation to be performed on a goat of my own. ‘Pre'Veniing Ihe Growth of Horns. This is quite a different matter from dishorning, and can be carried out with very little trouble, whilst causing but slight pain, if any, to the kid, for it must be per¬ formed when the animal is quite young. As will be seen, the directions here given were intended to be applied to calves, but they are equally applicable to kids. At the same time it must be stated that the effect is not so certain in the caprine as in the bovine species. These directions are extracted from a leaflet published by the Board of Agriculture :— A Substitute for Dishorning.—“ Clip the hair from the top of the horn when the calf [or kid] is from two to five days old. Slightly moisten the end of a stick of caustic potash with water or saliva (or moisten the top of the horn-bud), and rub the tip of each horn firmly with the potash for about a quarter of a minute, or until a slight impression has been made on the centre of the horn. The horns should be treated in this way from two to four times, at intervals of five minutes. If, during the Interval of five minutes after one or more applications, a
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