COWS ARE COOL: LOVE ‘EM!
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Cow’s Cradle
By Sarah Rath
A friend tells me that like most young farm wives she went to the barn for milking, even with a small baby to tend.
Baby was a fussy one and would bring the sky down if left unattended for a moment.
But she had her own unique way of handling the situation.
They were fortunate to have an old fashioned cradle that she took down to the barn.
The baby was placed in the cradle, with one end of a rope tied to the cradle and the other end of the rope tied to a cow’s tail.
And as the cow switched her tail, the cradle was rocked. And the cow was milked.
(Rath, Sarah. About Cows. Minocqua, WI:NorthWood Press, Inc., 1987)
Cow’s Cradle
By Sarah Rath
A friend tells me that like most young farm wives she went to the barn for milking, even with a small baby to tend.
Baby was a fussy one and would bring the sky down if left unattended for a moment.
But she had her own unique way of handling the situation.
They were fortunate to have an old fashioned cradle that she took down to the barn.
The baby was placed in the cradle, with one end of a rope tied to the cradle and the other end of the rope tied to a cow’s tail.
And as the cow switched her tail, the cradle was rocked. And the cow was milked.
(Rath, Sarah. About Cows. Minocqua, WI:NorthWood Press, Inc., 1987)
John Webster, professor of animal husbandry at Bristol, has just published a book on this topic, Animal Welfare:Limping Towards Eden. People have assumed that because animals have smaller brains they suffer less than humans. That is a pathetic piece of logic.
~Dorothy Carter