TO CURE A KICKING COW.
A correspondent of the “ Rural New Yorker ” having a kicking cow on which moral suasion had been vainly tried, cured her of the bad habit by judicious use of .the mild weapon whioh Solomon held in much esteem:—“ I tied the cow up by the head (not legs), procured a good switch (not club), and proceeded to milk, and for every kick I returned one good smart blow with the switch on the offending leg. A few kicks and blows sufficed for that time. At the next milking only three or four blows were required, and at the third milking one kick and one blow were sufficient, and ever after the cow was as gentle as need be. Three important points are to be observed in the above treatment — First, uniform | kindness and gentleness ; second, never strike a cow for kicking when loose in the yard, or she will learn to run from you j third, only one blow for each kick.”
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2659, 14 October 1882, Page 3
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