. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Course of food in a cow's stomach. I, ruminant stomach; II, where the cud-balls are formed; III, IV, true stomachs. mother; the young for a long journey; "frozen" and will never stir unless actually touched. As the mother is obliged to be absent for some time grazing with the herd, the calf is obliged to go without nourishment for a number of hours, and so it is provided with a large compound stomach which, if filled twice per day, suffices to insure health and growth. The c
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. Course of food in a cow's stomach. I, ruminant stomach; II, where the cud-balls are formed; III, IV, true stomachs. mother; the young for a long journey; "frozen" and will never stir unless actually touched. As the mother is obliged to be absent for some time grazing with the herd, the calf is obliged to go without nourishment for a number of hours, and so it is provided with a large compound stomach which, if filled twice per day, suffices to insure health and growth. The cow, on the other hand, giv- ing her milk out only twice per day, needs a large udder in which to store it. The size of the udder is what has made the cow useful to us as a milch animal. A fine cow is a beautiful creature, her soft yellow skin be- neath the sleek coat of short hair, the well proportioned body, the mild face, crowned with spreading, polished horns and illuminated with large gentle eyes, are all in their ruminating stomachs. During the heat of the day, they move to the shade, preferably to the shady banks of streams, and there in quiet the food is brought up, a small portion at a time, and chewed with a peculiar sidewise movement of the jaws and then swallowed, passing to the true stomach. There is probably no more perfect picture of utter contentment, than a herd of cows chewing their cuds in the shade, or standing knee-deep in the cool stream on a summer's day. The cattle in a herd when grazing, keep abreast and move along, heads in the same direction. Connected with the grazing habit, is that of the hiding of the new-bom calf by its calf is a wabbly creature and ill-fitted so the mother hides it, and there it stays. A pet Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, A
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