The SANDMAN STORY

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 237, 17 May 1928, Page 3

The SANDMAN STORY

THE PROUD COW jfTV/TY NAME is Mooly Cow and I -LVJ. have no horns. Moo, moo, moo, I have no horns,” repeated Mrs. Mooly Cow. “Moo, moo, moo,” said Mrs. Black Poll Cow, “I haven’t any horns, either.” “The same is true of me,” said Mrs. Red Poll Cow, “and what is more, none of our little ones have horns, as they follow our example. “We don’t mind it because other cows like the horns. It's just not our way.” “Why talk of horns and whether you have them or not?” said Miss Jersey Cow. “The important subject to be talked about is that of milk.” “Milk is important,” said Madame Jersey Cow. “Oh, yes, there is noth-

ing so important except perhaps cows themselves and good food for them to eat.” “Well,” said Miss Jersey, “1 do give milk. There is no mistake about that “Now the Guernsey Cows give good rich milk, too. They are much the same as we are. They belong to the same great family.” “All, yes,” said Miss Guernsey, “that is true. “The Jersey and t Guernsey give the rich milk. N< • the Holstein ladies say that they , refer quantity to quality. '* “True,” said Madame Holstein, “1 jrould yather give a lot of milk than

a small amount of very rich milk suen as the members of your family do. “It is nice, of course, to give rich milk, but I think it is nicer lo give lots of milk. Now, the way we do means that many, many more people can have milk than if we did as you all do. “You are not so generous as we are. That is simply a family way of yours But when you do give, you give handsomely. That is the way of the Jersey Guernsey families. “Now I hold the world's record for the amount of milk given—for the greatest amount of milk ever given. I do not mean that I, myself, hold this great record, but the Holstein family holds it. “A Holstein cow has been known to give one hundred pounds of milk a day! “There is nothing selfish about that. Nothing small or stingy. “Ah, yes, our family holds the world’s record for generosity in milk giving.”

“Well,” said Miss Guernsey, “we’re good-sized cows and we think that some cows should not think only of quantity hut should think of richness and such important things. “We’re rather rich looking ourselves, splendid looking we’ve been told, and we want to give the kind of milk that is like ourselves.”

“Sometimes we’ve been fed up and given some of the Jersey milk to make us fat,” said one of the Hoi steins,” for we are fed well when we’re out prize winning; or are hoping to be prize-winning cows. “We’re fed well all the time, of course, too. “I do believe that we hold the butterfat record, for we’ve given eight pounds of butter a day—apiece. “All, they have a silo on the farm, and they thresh corn for us for the winter time. “But we do our work.” The Holstein family wore spotted black and white coats and Miss Jersey wore a lovely fawn-colored costume. But they talked no mere now for a while as it was milking time, and they all went and lined tip so as to be all ready. They felt quite satisfied with what they could do and in the talk they had had. (Copyright.)