. Book of cats and dogs, and other friends, for little folks . d out. 4. Her hoof is not round, like that of a horse,but is split into two parts, and is called a clovenhoof. She has a thick coat of coarse hair, whichkeeps her warm in all but the very coldestweather. 5. In front, the cow has six teeth on her underjaw, but none on her upper jaw. In place of teethis a ridge hard as a bone. In the back part of hermouth she has six broad, flat teeth on each sideof each jaw, with which she chews her food. 6. Cows are of different colors. Some arered, some are black, some are white, and some arespott
. Book of cats and dogs, and other friends, for little folks . d out. 4. Her hoof is not round, like that of a horse,but is split into two parts, and is called a clovenhoof. She has a thick coat of coarse hair, whichkeeps her warm in all but the very coldestweather. 5. In front, the cow has six teeth on her underjaw, but none on her upper jaw. In place of teethis a ridge hard as a bone. In the back part of hermouth she has six broad, flat teeth on each sideof each jaw, with which she chews her food. 6. Cows are of different colors. Some arered, some are black, some are white, and some arespotted or striped. I have seen one kind thatlooked like a black cow with a white blanket on. 7. When the cow eats grass, she swallows itwithout chewing. When she has enough, shestands still or lies do\^Ti, and the grass comes upinto her mouth in little balls, and these she chewsfine and swallows again. 8. The ball she chews is called a cud, andshe will chew one cud after another, until she haschewed up all the grass she has eaten. LESSON XXXII 83 WHAT CATTLE 1. The ox is very strong, and can do work likea horse. When oxen are used, two are put to-gether with a wooden yoke on their necks. 2. Oxen can draw large loads, and can work along time without being tired; but they are so slowthat they are not used much, except on farms. 3. In summer, cattle run in the pasture andlive upon grass. They gnaw it off close to theground, and they feed most of the day. 4. In the middle of the day, when the weather 84 LESSON XXX I I .—(Co/i/mwec?.) is hot, tliey lie down in tlie shade, or stand up totheir knees in the water, to keep cool. 5. At night the cow^s are driven to the farm-yard and milked, and in the morning they aremilked again and driven back 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 a
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