The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-24
A EULoGY ON THE cow

is II DTtSutI VI uhS uuISu
COWS, and on a recent visit to his
home state, addressing a dairyman's
| convention, he gave the following
| eul0gv on the cow, that we think is
one of the best We have ever read
and is well worth reprinting. The
address was clipped from the National
Republican, published at Washington.
"In my opinion the cow, of all
domestic animals, is the greatest
benefactor of the human race. She
has been the constant companion and
assistant of man since history has
kept a record of events. The Hin
docs treated her as q sacred animal
and associated her enchanted being
with the mystery which surrounds
life and death.
"She has figured in Biblical and
profane history. She has been ia
nous in song and story. The poets
have sung her praises. Painters have
| portrayed her Gkenesses upon the
breathing canvas. Sculptors have
left her image chiselled in everlast-
ing stone. In the olden days they
worshipped the golden calf. At the
present time we worship the gold
that is in the calf.
"As man has become more civil
lied the cow has become more civil
lied. She has kept pace with the
march Of events. She has furnished
meat and butter for his table. She
has furnished milk for himself and
family. She has furnished leather
for his shoes, belts, saddles, brides
and harnesses.
"Yea, millions of mothers and
babes call her blessed as they sip
daily the life-giving nectar that she
d~islenses so lavishly to all.
Sat times she has been treated
as beast of burden, and has assisted
in blowing and preparing his field
for raising crops. She never com
plains She is as patient as destiny
She is contentment personifed. A!
she demands is plenty to eat, prope-
care, and adequate shelter in time.
of storm.
when a new country is to be dis
covered she is taken with him. Wheel
the old prairie schooner came int
Iowa thee-quarters of a century ag>
the cow followed close behind the
wagon, accompanied by the dog an,
the proverbial small boy.
"Her dominion is worldwide. Ira
vel where you will, you will FIND
the cow. She has accompanied man
into the depths of the forest and
along every winding stream, and out
on the bleak and t~reeless prairies.
You may cross the sea and visit coun-
trics remote. You may 60 to Norway
and Sweden and there man and the
cow inhabit the same dwelling. You
may 60 to the vine-clad hills of Swift
crland or wander mid the foothills of
the Alps and 10, she is there. Yes,
you may go to the islands Of the sea,
60 to the islands of Guernsey and
Jersey, if you will, and she is there,
administering to his wants and
claiming the attention of his heart
and brain. n.
wherever you go she is the ricl
mans pet and fortune dissemination
She is the poor mans friend and
mortgage litter. She treats all alike
and the better she is treated the bet
ter she treats man. She is democratic
in her tastes. She is no respectel
of persons. She knows no rank OF
title. She is found by the straw
thatched cottage of the poor and abid-
eth close to the palace Of the rich.
"Why, about a year ago n of her
noted offspring dined at the Waldorf.
Astoria in New York City, and even
got his name and that of his owner
in the newspapers of the nation, and
if reports are true, he conducted him
self with his usual self-possession
with his usual bovine moderation and
urbanity, even in that distinguished
assembly, and Notwithstanding the
adoption of the Eighteenth amend
ment, he insisted on putting his feet
on the table rather than under the
table.
"The COW treats all ~alike-the high,
the low, the rich, the poor, outcast
and king, all are on a common level
as far as she is concerned.
"The part she plays today in our
scheme of life cannot be fully es-
timated or described. Danish the
COW from our midst, and we will 60
back to the barbarism from which we
spranp. Do away with the COW and