MAKING COWS CONTENTED

Shannon News, 26 April 1927, Page 4

MAKING COWS CONTENTED

Making cows contented with; life, to edsure a plentiful supply of milk, Is ndw one of the chief duties of a\ ddiryman, judging by the efforts of Mh J. G. Sterchi of Knoxville, Tennessee, who uses wireless, individual drinking-pails, arid attractive stalls, to? bring cheer and happincs to” his he[rd. At one. time the cows wero with music from a gramophone, but Mi*. Sterchi, possibly feeling that they would become discontented if not given the latest innovations, iristalled. wireless in the byre. * ; ’ Dance music from night clubs appears to be that most enjoyed by thecows, but Mr. Sterchi ihas found* that' soiigs such as* “My ‘Old ' Kentucky Home” and “The Rosftry”' -soother the axymals ’when they feel 'ih‘ ft. sombre mood, and make them give sweeter milk. Mr; Sterchi is continually studying the ’whims of his herd, and Says fthat hei is now considering hanging cages of n singing canaries in the ’ stalls ' to sirig to the ‘cows, and make' ' "things still more pleasant for them. ; ' '''