The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-05-22
TOO MUCH SALT.
Cows Lick Whitewash
From Fences; One
Deserts Home.

| 81. L. tdfliituHf WIN O"us iottN
cows and operates dairy farm near
town. has suffered an unusual misfor-
tune.
Monday. with the help Of his five
| hired men. he whitewashed the big
| board fences surrounding the lot in
which his cows are corraled each
night. Into the whitewash he had
put a large quantity Of salt to harden
the LIQUID after its application.
This is often done. but the trouble
on this occasion was that Mr.. Hamil-
ton used entirely too much salt. a
blunder which did not affect unfavor-
ably the quality Of the whitewash,
but one which afterwards proved to
nc very costly in an unexpected way.
In some respects Mr.. Hamilton is
little careless. He admits that he
hadn't sailed his COWS fer nearly two
years. His herd. therefore. was al
most wild for this necessary mineral
requirement of the bovine nature.
Cows Attack Fences.
Late that night Mr.. Hamilton turn
ed his cows into the lot as usual and
retired for the night The animals
soon scented the salt and it wasn't
long before the entire herd eagerly
attacked the fence with their tongues.
Before the dawn Of another day
every particle Of the briny whitewash
lad been licked off the fence. Even
whole boards were licked away IN
some places, while in others immense
holes had been worn through the
soft planks by the rasping action of
the harsh tongues. energetically APP
piled throughout the night.
When Mr.. Hamilton arose next
morning his gaze fell upon singular
spectacle of turbulence and ruin. His
cows were full of salt and lime and
bawling for water. Some Of them,
with open mouths burrowing in the
dust. were casting dirt into the air
with their front feet.
MANDY" Leaves Home.
A certain COW named Mandy, APP
parently in more poignant distress
than the others, had broken through
the fence into an adjoining lot, whore
she drank so much water that her
size was suddenly increased to elep-
hantine proportions. Her respiration
became labored and whcezy.
With head and tail aloft and eyes
cleaning. she suddenly bolted, sweep
ing aside or leaping over every bar
rier, and was soon afterwards heard
of mile and half beyond Stanford.
Mr., Hamilton at once dispatc' ed a
man IN a horse in pursuit with in
structions to overtake and bring |
Mandy back at all hazards. Two |
days have passed and she hasn't yet |
been recovered, but a late message
from the horseman states that the
trail is Every hot.
Exactly how to restore his rebel |
lious cows to a calm and normal state !
was for Mr.. Hamilton a problem Of |
some difficulty A solution was
found in feeding them warm Cruel
made of wheat bran and by permit
ting them to drink only small guam
titles of water at time. Through
this treatment, continued for two
days, the herd was quickly pacified
and is now in the soothing embrace
Of profound contentment.
Milk Unfit For Use.
The situation was complicated by
the discovery that milk from these
COWS was so impregnated with an
alkali saline flavor as to be unfit for
human use. For this reason Mr.. Ham
Ilton has been compelled to throw
away 1870 pounds of butter and to
give to his hogs 600 gallons of the af-
fected milk. Moreover. he has tenn
porarily cancelled his contract to sup