The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-07

menced to enjoy her, you viii cease
to think it a trouble. Some now she
will grow into your affections, and
you viii think Of her and try to add
to her comforts, almost as you would
to the comforts Of member OF your
family. So, when she has been in
the herd all day, you will not think
she hiss had enough to eat, but Will
give her good feed at night 80 that
she may rest without any danger
from the T2ngsof hunger. OfcouIse,
ifyou have 8 good pasture in which
TO tutD her, then you can feel safer
bat even then she Will need more
than the grass II you want her to
milk well. If she goes in a herd, |
you should make up yOar mind to
feed her, for she is almost certain to
be very hungry st night"
A." How do you stable your COW,
Uncle Eco e"
81 haven't q great deal of room
any more than you have. It's best,
If you can do it, to let her run loose
that is, have 8 corral with q warm
stable attached. II you cannot have
the corral, you must at least have
the stable warm and always clean.
Give her a good warm bed; make
her as comfortable SIS you can, and
she win reward you with more milk
and better quality. Every kind
ness you show a COW she viii repay
you. In winter, Of course, you can
not send her in q herd, and it is
therefore necessary that she should
have as much liberty as possible. If
you have not a yard or corral in
which she can move about, turn
her out in the street and let her
have q gentle run. You can have
no idea Of the pleasure the poor
dumb brute will take in being re-
leased for few moments ouly. Ii
you have any doubt about it, just
keep her up for couple Of days,
only leading Der to water, and then
let her out and il she dOes not FAY
with her heels in the air, and give
you thorough chase, then she is a
model and sedate cow indeed. A
gentle run is healthy for her, and OF
course her milk 10 better in cnnse-
quence One thing you viii have
10 do when you turn her out-watch
heY-for If she is good COW she is
almost CERTAIN to be rlischievOus.
l don't know why it is so; but l
have observed that a good COW,
unlike good man, will bear a great
deal of watching when at liberty, or
che will get into trouble.
"But above all else, be kind to
her. l don't care how we'll you feed
her nor how warm you make her,
you must be kind IN actions. You will
then win her to love you, and you
can do almost anything with her.
II she happens to break into some
bojy's lot, don't beat and abuse her
for II. Ii she will not stand still
Iust when you want her TO; i she
persist in switching off the flies
which are worrying her nearly to
death. and il her tail hits you on the
face; il she happens to turn In one
direction when you want her to 60
the other way, or If she runs away
from you, stop and think before you
whip her. Just remember that 1t is
a dumb brute, without any ackRowl-
edged reasoning faculties, knowing
only to follow out the passions
which have been implanted in her
for some wise purpose. Think when
you have her securely tied /; when
she is powerless to protect herself,
and when your strong arm is raised
In cruel menace, what q coward
you are to strike poor, dumb, de-
fenceless and unreasoning brute. l
ask you frankly, which Is the greater
brute-the poor, trembling animal,
or the strong coward called q man,
endowed with Gods own faculties
to reason and to know for himself.
How can you blame her for doing
q thing when she cannot know it Is
wrong? There may be times when
it is wise to whip an animal, but
they are few, and I have never seen
one. / am satisfied can do any
thing with kindness that can lie
accomplished by fear. | could not
eat my breakfast until I knew my
old COW had hers; could not relis b
my meal q particle if l knew my
old COW, tied up and helpless until I
came to her, was waiting for me,
when l have every power to do as
my wish or will dictates I know
persons who will leave their COWS
for hours without food and without
water, and never cast a thought on
them, until the repeated cries Of the
famished and thirsty brute recall 70
their cruel and sluggish minds the
necessity of answering it's wants.
Such persons are wicked and if they
are held to answer for their sins
hereafter, cannot help feeling that
such cruelties ptacticed on thes
poor helpless brutes will be num-
, bered among thsir misdeeds.'
81 believe you are right, Uncle
Eco, and l am almost afraid to uR.
. dertake the task. Bat candidly
does 1t pay you to keep q cow"
"Yes; indeed, it does. Why,
couldn't get along without her"
"Well, do you mind telling hov
you DO iti"
sit isn't as much trouble rs yol
imagine. After you have kept he
a short time, the cares which eh,
brings will have become part o
, your daily acts, and you will perform
the duties without any NOR,
thought than you bestow on others
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