Taking the Cow by the Horns

[Ted Samsel]

Sojourner at Hokielandia dice:
> 
> At 04:45 PM 6/13/97 -0600, Bob Norton wrote:
> >Rest assured, city boy, that both bulls and cows have horns. Domesticated
> >cows are usually dehorned for the safety of those who work with them.
> >
> >At 03:03 PM 6/13/97 PST, MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu wrote:
> >>But, Ah thought a *cow* dinna have horns either?  Only Da Bulls?
> >>Is why I thought whole thing quite funny off the top. 
> >> Well, that's what a three way chat involving the M.Werker will lead to!!
> >>But any excuse to consult the good thin Parson's ok by me
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> No.  I've spent many years on cattle farms.  There are many many breeds of
> cattle which (often referred to as "polled") never develop horns, in either
> the female or male sex.  It is the breed of cattle which determines the
> horns, not the sex.
> 
> Almost no cows these days are "de-horned".  If you want a cow without
> horns, you breed stock which doesn't grow them.

But you have to keep a few to teach the FFA-ers & 4-Hers the art of
dehorning & ligature.

Been there. Done that.

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net