The Harrison times., 1911-12-09
The Town Cow ASalu.

lcCt, winch IL DIOuRHt W MY Hl'lu
every time | walk on our streets
the town cow-the city COW now
since this has become a city OF the
second class,
Given the freedom of the streets,
she damages the reputation of the
town, causes direct injury to prop
erty and retards increase in it's
value, causes annoyance to everyone
and becomes a public nuisance in the
following ways; (Among others
She destroys all the young trees,
shrubs and plants on the streets and
on lawns within reaching distance
back up and down from fences and
she can reach well
She ruins orchards and nearly all
vegetable growth in vacant lots and
in enclosures into which she can
break-and she is strong and skilliul
in getting through all sorts Of fences
and gates,
To prevent her depredations re-
quires the maintenance of strong,
unsightly fences fronting all yards,
She breaks and befouls sidewalks,
perpetuates an unsanitary nuisance,
attracts flies and loiters for hours
where she is not wanted,
Few people will deny that attract
i've trees and shrubbery add in
money value to property, that moth
ing can exist on front lawns under
present conditions, that a person in
a city Of 5000 inhabitants ought to
have a right to beauti(y his own
property and be protected by the
city authorities and laws from dep
relations by animals, domestic or
otherwise, that every inhabitant has
a right to clean sidewalks and clean
streets.
The home-maker's pride in his
property and in his city necessarily
remains dormant when he sees four
or five hungry cows outside his9ate,
waiting to break in, or he is moved
to anger at this display ofselhshness
on the part of those who desire to
get something for nothing-iree feed,
water and pasturage-at theexpense
and annoyance of the community.
Look at the residence district in a
city like Fayetteville or Eureka
Springs-no fences except for indi-
vidual preference lawns down to
the walks edge, shrubs, young
growing trees How long would
the inhabitants of such cities labor
under burden Of this kindl
But am convinced that it is use
less to appeal to civic pride, for ~
eryone with whom | have talked
who has it, is anxious TO have the
COW shut up; and those who hovn't
it must be reached where they live
in the pocket book Aud | am con-
vinced that they ca he r oched
even there
Consider the wees last summer
that The milk was too bitter to u.r
at all because Of the bittcrwced that
grew in the streets, the dr. iog up OF
the cows in the fall because they ate
acorns, and suppose the same COWS
had been put on pasture from which
the bitterwecd had been cut or
pulled, and from which the oak trees
were fenced in the fall, consider the
added amount of milk that might
have been had, and the better quail
ity Of it. There is a good deal of
posturagc right in and around llar-
rison that can be had for from $l,OO
70 $3.50 per month per COW, most
oft with water right in theposture,
and ifa sufficient number Of prompt
paying cow owners will avail them
selves of it, there is no reason why
the pasture cannot be taken care OF
and bitter weed, acorns, etc. ellmi-
mated.
Again, to the person who has n
COW and nothing else, who is not
able even to drive her to and from
pasture-can you afford TO keep q
COW? Consider the winters corn
and hay bill, your annoyance the
year round with her, the danger OF
losing her, or of her illness, and
count up your profits for the year
| think you will find it small And,
considering the question from all
sides, have you moral right to
make that profit at the expense OF
your fellow citizens
I am convinced that this city could
well afford to pasture all the cows
that now run the streets, rather
than let them continue at large, but
that would be olmsgiving, of course
We are in the heart of one OF the
best dairy countries in the United