THE INDISPENSABLE COW

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 557, 13 August 1920, Page 2

THE INDISPENSABLE COW

HER PLACE IN HISTORY. BUILDER" OF NATIONS. DESOLATION WITHOUT HER. Most potent of ali single influences in the biulding of this, the mightiest nation in history, is the "cow." Her sons drew the ploughs which first cultivated the land of the new world;

hauled to market the produce of the fields, and with slow energy moVW the chattels and household goods be-.jp jond the mountains to new homesf* in the farther west. if' They supplied the beef which is the food of the Anglo-Saxon, a race that was never conquered since history began. They furnished the shoes of the pioneers who trod the unknown wilds, and made of them the farmsteads and cities of our pie* ><mt enlightenment. They gave the clothes and robes t&'protect the pioneer against Ihe destroying blast of winter, and made commerce possible before the railway was. They covered the chair upon which he sat, fill—ed the mattress upon which he slept.'"' and glued ;.ogether the furnitufe he" ? used.

The*oid cow is the mother of the whole bovine and foster-mother of hilf the human race. From the ride weed she manufactures the mostii nourishing of human foods. She is•'■• the ready aid ol the farmer, the pat of the rich man and the sent help of the poor. She is vw economist of ihe people and the conservator of their resources. She partakes of the grass of the field, and leaves the farm the richer for her presence. As she helped to develop the farm from the wilderness and as she ate ot its first fruits, so will she renew the life of the soil and make a still ;i eater agriculture possible. In all our history the cow has been man's closest friend and benefactor. Upon her products are built the great business interests which centre in the stockyards, the creameries, the shoe factories, the harness shops and the mills. Without her Chicago would be a village and Gansas a prairie .waste. Take away the cow and our hanks would close, our graveyards would vawn, and the wheels of commerce 'would cease to turn. Foster j.nd care for her and business flourishes, the fertility of the soil is conserved, and she becomes the- custodian of the nation's prosperity.— Bansas Fanner.