Taking the Cow by the Horns

[john wells]

Ted Samsel wrote:
> 
> 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

Yuck! Thank God I'm a City Boy!
-- Never been there. Never done THAT!
John Wells....jwells at thecia.net