The Cow Makes Farming More Profitable (Classic Reprint)

By E.G. BENNETT, State Dairy Commissioner, Missouri mITTLE does man realize the debt he owes the Cow. During the dark ages of savagery and barbarism, we find her early ancestors natives of the wild forests of the old world. As the bright rays of civilization penetrated the darkness of that early period, and man called upon the cow, she came forth from her seclusion to share in the efforts that gave us a greater nation and a more enlightened people! For two thousand years she has been the co-partner of man, sharing alike in his prosperity and adversity, responding nobly to all that was done for her, until through her development she has become an idol of the people. In 1493, when Columbus made his second voyage to A merica, the Cow came with him and from that time to the present day she has been a most potent factor in making this, our own country, one of the great nations. Her sons helped till the soil of our ancestors and slowly moved the products of the farm to market. They went with man into the dense forests of the new world, helped clear them for homes and made cultivation possible for the coming generation. When the tide of emigration turned westward, it was the ox that hauled the belongings of the pioneer across the plains and over the great mountain ranges to new homes beyond. The Cow is mans greatest benefactor. Hail, wind, droughts, and floods may come, destroy our crops and banish our hopes, but, from what is left, the Cow manufactures the most nourishing and life-sustaining foods. The Cow is life itself to thousands of little ones stranded upon the hollow hearts and barren bosoms of modern womanhood. We love her for her gentleness, her beauty, and her usefulness. Her loyalty has never weakened and should misfortune overtake us, as we become bowed down with the weight of years, we know that in the Cow we have a friend that was never known to falte
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