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ranch, this week broke all former records, on loading a car of cattle. They were loaded and the door fastened in three minutes and thirty-seven seconds. ( 12 ) DEHORNING CATTLE Instructions As To How It Is Done And The Benefit Derived 1. Animal should be cast to dehorn it. 2. The head should be perfectly rigid. It is essential that there be no movement of the head or neck during the operation. 3. Do not dehorn any animal while heated or excited from driving or otherwise, and do not drive an animal directly after the operation is performed. 4. Always shape the head of a yearling or two year old. That is, cut off enough bone at the top of the horn, and the hide too, to give it a good topknot appearance. Make the head shapely. 5. In case of cattle older than two years place the saw on the matrix so as to cut at least one half inch below the base of the horn. This prevents any stub horn growing. 6. Never put a thing on, let the head alone. Nature does the healing better than you can. 7. Have all quiet around, and having de- horned the animal allow it to pass out of the chute at once. An expert will be ten seconds in operating on an ordinary pair of horns, and if he is more than fifteen seconds something is wrong with his chute or saw. ESCAPES HOTEL FIRE