The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-15
The COW TREE.

Sir Joseph Hooker, of London,
publishes a description of a tree
which has been discovered, called
the "cow tree" which gives milk
when an incision is made in the
/ bark. Several of the trees have
been brought to England. and they
are being watched with much curl
osity. Nothing could have been
discovered that would more effect
ually ill the bill, and fill the want
long felt, than the COW tree. and we
shall herald its introduction into
this country with great joy. The
parties who are interested in the
propagation of the COW tree can
send US two or three by express.
We do not want full sized cow trees,
but just saplings, or calves. With
few such trees in the front yard,
the citizen Can make up faces
at the driver of the milk wagon.
and bid him defiance. Instead
Of going forth in the morning armed
with milk ticket and tin basin, a
man can take lis little hatchet and
pail and cut a hole in the cow
tree, sit down under its outrageous
shade and let nature take its course.
The farmer viii have no more
kicking COWS to contend with, but
can let his cow tree milk itself,
while he sits down at the root of his
milk producer and smokes his pipe
or plays seven up with the hired
man. "There will be no more
hosting there, no tail to switch in
his face, and no more will the COW
tree get nervous at having its bag
agitated by the rough hand of the
farmer, and kick the milk pail over
the fence, and kick the milk stool
through the granger. There
will be no more fodder to
throw down, no more bran mashes
to mix, and no calves to Wean,
as it is probable the cow tree
will be farroW forever, and not go
believing around trying to hook
the butcher who tries to take its
calf away. The COW tree will take
work off the tired farmer, and he
can 90 to town to attend the lodge
without hurrying up the milking,
as the girl can mind the dairy. 1t
will be mighty poor girl that can
not milk COW tree. The improve
ments over the cow will be numer-
Gus. BY building an ice house near
the COW tree oneCan have ice cream,
and by the aid of handy jug milk
punch can be made to the queens
taste. Instead of driving the COWS
up from the pasture at night, and
slipping them, and sitting cramped
up, milking with one hand
and fighting mosquitoes with
the other, the farmers daugh-
ter can have a double seat
under the cow tree, and take a
pail and a lover and go out to milk,
and while the cow tree is giving
down its blessings the young people
can put in the time sparkling. MOI
family can be without a cow tree,
and we trust the day is not far dis
Jant when the old-fashi0ned COW
will only be raised for beef, the calf
that is now more trouble than he is
worth will not be tolerated at all,
and the COW tree will grow in pro-
luSlOu, always ISouy " LII a pdOOnb
pail full of rich milk, and not hook
the daylights out of the mixer. In
the days that are coming there will
be no cow to tie mp nights, no dan.
ger of a raid on the garden by
the horned, four-footed tramp
that unhinges gates, and no
cow-belI to keep the whole neigh
borhood awake nights. We take it
for granted that the COW tree will
not wear a cow bell, and that it will
not below mournfully and paw the
earth when people are trying to
sleep. We hail the cow tree as a
brother, or sister, as the case may
be, and bid it welcome. Good byes
old brindle. You have been faith
full servant. and have given milk
when you had to, but you have gone
off and got lost when most we
needed milk, and when you came
back you were not worth a conti-
mental. You never knew enough
to come home without having a
barefooted boy sent after you, and
you would eat leeks when you knew
we were going to have company,
and your milk was bad. Step aside,
brindle, and give the cow tree a
chance.-PecEc's San.