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Title: Book of cats and dogs, and other friends, for little folks
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Johonnot, James, 1823-1888
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ack to the pasture. 6. In winter, cattle are kept in the stable, or inthe farm-yard where there is a shed that they cango into when it storms or is very cold. 7. They are fed with hay; but cows that givemilk, and working-oxen, are fed with grain also.Beets and turnips are sometimes fed to cattle. 8. When cattle stand in the shade chewingtheir cud, there is no other animal that looks somild, and pleasant, and happy. 9. The cow is very fond of her calf, and licksit over several times a day. If anybody hurts thecalf, he must look out for the old cows horns. 10. I have heard of a little lamb that had lostits mother, and was put into a lot with six cows.After a time he was taken out and put with theother sheep. But they all fought him, and hewas sent back to his old pasture. 11. The cows all rushed up to meet him, andhe ran to each in turn. Then one cow licked himall over, and he was passed to the next, and so onuntil all had done the same thing. LESSON XXXIII. 8S WHAT CATTLE ARE GOOD FOR.
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1. Cattle do not liunt rats and mice like thecat, nor watcli like tke dog, nor do we ride themas we do a liorse or a donkey; but in some waysthey are more useful to us than any of the others. 2. AYhen Johnny sat down to breakfast thismorning, a cow gave him that bowl of fresh, richmilk, which he ate vAih his bread. Then, when wedrank the nice cup of coifee that mamma had made,the cow gave us the cream which we put into it. 86 LESSON XXXIII .— (Continued.) 3. When tlie dinrier was put up for school, thecow gave the cheese and the butter that wasspread upon the bread. In the nursery rhymeLittle Miss Muftet sat on a tuffet, eating thecurds and whey which the old cow gave her. 4. This morning Johnnys hair was in a snarl,and mamma got it out with the help of the oldcow, who gave the horn to make the comb. 5. When we go out in wet weather, the cowgives her hide to be made into the leather out ofwhich our coarse boots are made ; and the caKgives its hide for our fine boots and shoes. 6. Wh

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