Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
COW POINTERS.
Some Straight Tips for Purchasers OF
"New Mich Critters"

Some Straight Tips for Purchasers OF
"New Mich Critters"
This is the season when the new
mich COW raises her voice to make her
below heard in the land, and when the
veal calllet ambles and gambols and
frislxs his heels and gets no warning OF
the fate in store for him. Go to the
eastern hay market, and the motherly
COW and her giddy calf are there. Go
TO the western market, and your ears
are greeted with the anxious voice OF
the spotted bovine calling after her
wandering outlet. From hundred to
two hundred new mich cows are on
sale every day in the week except Sun
day, and most of them find purchaser.
Everybody knows all about a horse,
but few people ever lay up any COW
pointers. The accepted idea is that
COW is COW, and that's enough. The
purpose of this article, written after
long conversation with cowboy, is TO
put would-be buyers onto the racket
First, don't pay a cent more for COW
because she is termed "new milch"
cow. What you are after is the milk
and cream. The "milch" business is
French, and is attached to her simply
to deceive Just tell the farmer he may
keep the ''milch" to top-dress his pota-
toes.
Every person with COW to sell will
lie to you about the yield of milk. Ex-
pect that, and you will not be disap-
pointed. The average yield is given at
fourteen quarts per day, and the actual
yield is nine or ten. The owner never
milks her the night before coming in.
This is to make you believe that you
could attack the suction of fire engine
and pump on her for half day.
Select a COW with horns branching
out at right angles, thus leaving wide
forehead. Thus, in case she tries to
hook you, she will only hit you with
something soft and her horns are east.
or grasp and hang onto. If she has
brass button on each horn you may
know that she is an aristocrat, and has
always moved in tire very best circles
1t doesn't make any great difference
whether q COW has any teeth or not
She will get away with twenty pounds
of hay and six quarts of ground feed
every twenty-four hours, no matter
whether she has jaw full of grinders
or is limping along with one or two old
snags. OF course, the more teeth she has
the more nails, tack-hammers, pieces
of hoop iron, old files and broken tea
cups she will pick up to keep her from
being homesick.
They will tell you that thin-skinned
COW is the best, and that thin skin is
an evidence of blood" Don't you be-
lieve it! The thinner the hide the harder
the flies can bite, and as for blood"
any blacksmith can tell you that thirty
five dollars won't buy a Princess,
Duchess or Lordess and her three
weeks old calf.
good COW is somewhat known by
her voice. Don't buy until you hear
her below. You are going to let her
run out" in a lot in the neighborhood,
and by taking little care you can find
cow whose voice will lift a cripple
right out of his chair half a mile away.
If her voice is pitched low enough she
can pass for tug-boat coming up the
river.
No person who understands the art
of cow-selling will ever admit that his
COW is kicker The way to find out is
to sit down on box and go through
the performance of pumping. If she
leaves her feet on the earth until you
get through she's probably all right If
you are picked up on the other side OF
the market, limp and discouraged, try
to get your brother-in-law to buy that
animal.
There is much significance attached
TO cows tail. Don't buy bob-tailed
COW, even if she is offered to you for
forty cents. She undoubtedly had one
of the regulation length when she
started out in life, but she broke it off
trying to pry open the stabe-door,
or went fooling around a bear-trap.
Take it as an evidence of something
lacking. Look for a long tail-the
longer the better. If you can find one
which will pull through the side of the
barn and fasten to stake in the barn
yard, you may learn to really enjoy the
semi-daily milkings.
The feet of COW are of no account,
no matter what the seller tells you.
Nature gave them to her to walk up
hill, down-hiii, on a side-hill, on the
sidewalk, in the mud, down we'll, on
aroof, and most anywhere else. You
just reckon on about six dollars worth
of feed per week for the stomach, and
the feet will take care of themselves.
To sum up When you go to buy a
cow-don't do it. Buy an old wagon
instead. Detroit Free Press.