Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-27
WHERE JUDICIOUS CODDLING MAKES WORK EASIER

Written Specially for The Bulletin)
 You can generally catch more flies with molasses than with vinegar" say the canny politicians.
 'I always find I get more work done when l say Come, boys than when ! say Go, men % remarked the Old Farmer.
 "A taste of silage is better than a barking dog to bring the cows to the milking she'd writes dairy cor respondent
 Trainers of wild animals, especially of the carnivora, agree that fear is the only thing which can be relied on to subject them to the will of men. This may be so. l don't know much about tigers or bears or gYascutuses. Nor do I want to. I'm willing to take information concerning them, second. hand. I'd much rather it should be the other fellow and not myself to bully them around their cages or stir them up with poles. or hunt them out of their native lairs I'd rather take that other fellows word about their Characteristics than study them out Sr myself. If he says they can be 1utrolled by terror only, let it go that hay. I'll not dispute him. Perhaps he u1ovvs- Anyway. l don't know. Not sbout tigers and grizzlies, etc, as Soresaid.
 But do know something about cows Dd colts and sheep and hens. Not D much as I'd like to know, but enough D make them do what you want. Not nE them scared isn't the best way lo make the mdO what you want. Not tmpossibly there may be exceptions, crazy or Ealf-crazy animals who can't be treated like normal beasts. There are exceptions to all rules. Such ex- captions may have to be handled in exceptional ways. As a rule, however, and taking a census of the tables and pastures as they run, I'm sure that nineteen animals out of every twenty like a little betting or cosseting, and that ninety nine out of every hundred always want something good to eat 1T it's cats or dogs that are in question, they'll come Oftener the quicker for a pat of the hand or a gentle rubbing of the fur than for a harsh-spoken command. If it's horses or cows or sheep, the expectation of a little grain, or an apple. or a nubbin' of corn, will generally draw them in two minutes w~e-e chasing, throwing and pr-Ss5-sy might not drive them in half an hour.
 There are foxes that love tender isFab and occasional lynxes that eat TurOn on the mountain behind my pastures. Consequently (thCugh that ism r the only reasOnb l take my sheep
  I had once to go after them in the pasture when nightfln neared. They know that there is d handful of bran in the long trough in the sheepfold, and when ] want to shut them in, the first sosSld of my voice at the lane bars has always been enough to bring them skyhooung down the hillsides, with ir- repressible -aa-ingS of pleasurabie anticipation
 When milking time comes round, old BrindIe is always standing at the gate. waiting with big eyes and drooling jaws for me to show up. No l matter how good the pasturage may be. she knows that there is cabbage | leaf. or a bit of green corn stalks, or l a measure of potato-p -parings, or some 1 other cow dainty waiting in her feed ! box. She can eat grass any day and l all day, but she likes a bit of dessert ] IS well as you and I like a piece of | pie, and that can be had only at milk | ing-time and in the milking shed. ! She's just as anxious to be there on | time as l am to have her
 Days when they are not being work ! ed or driven the horses go out into | one of the early morn meadows to i forage for themselves pick mp a few ! medicinal weeds which instinct has taught them 10 seek, and browse on ! the bushes overlooked in the fence ! rows. After supper l stroll out to the i barway. Not often do 1 even have to | call them They are almost always at i the bars before I arrive, with eager | shining eyes watching my aproach ! necks curved, tails twitChing uncon- sCiOusly and often one front foot held I up in orthodox equine begging" pO- sition. You see. they know that . have an apple. or an ear of corn. in ! each side pocket And they want 'em. | Having attended to these delicaCies they promptly make bee-line for the stable. Always before I go to let them out, I put their nights grain in their managers. They know it is there. and that it is going 10 taste good.-mighty good. If by any chance l forget this ] routine and they find the managers i empty on arriving. the low plaintive whinny with which they acklOwl- ] edge my belated arrival with the i measure is as full of reprcach as if it | were phrssed in articuIate speech.
 I've got so that l'r7 ashamed to forget | s-