Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1877 — Remedy for Kicking Cows. [ARTICLE]

Remedy for Kicking Cows.

A great many remedies have been suggested from time to time, tor breaking” heifers ffom kicking while .being And now the statement cornea that the best plan is t 6 tie the animals head np high. A writer in the New England /’ormer nays he has tried all kinds of plans to cure his*' heifer of this bad habit, but find* none so effectual as tying the htead up high, as the animal must lower her head in order to kick. This ia a very simple remedy and as it is less barbarous thau ma: y plans that have been suggested and are practiced, we hope it may ’ prove all that is claimed for it. We cannot help renewing our advice, in this connection, in regard to a uniform practice of kihd treatment tn milch stock, and especiallyTtoward heifers when breaking them to the pail. In niuo cases out of ten cows get the habit of kicking from harsh and injudicious nianiupeiQcn* and aa it h» always an evil habft.than Uwcojir.wt4t } then. TO Mui Of cunWJC so we say care should lakeVlhat cow* do hot leara this habit of ki*ii|hgfrom tnWe Who Mve them in- charge.- I Jiurul Ntto- Yorker. ‘ '