. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. apidity ; he is reared withease, and with little expense he is brought tomaturity, so that it seems an error for anyfarmer to disregard this domestic animal, whichis and always will be a source of householdeconomy and comfort. VIIICATTLE I. The Bull, the Ox, and the CowThese horned beasts belong to an importantgroup of domestic animals, if not from allpoints of view, at any rate from that of theirutility to man. In fact no domestic animalcontributes so much to mans welfare as thecow and her kind. She gives us milk, ourmost imp
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. apidity ; he is reared withease, and with little expense he is brought tomaturity, so that it seems an error for anyfarmer to disregard this domestic animal, whichis and always will be a source of householdeconomy and comfort. VIIICATTLE I. The Bull, the Ox, and the CowThese horned beasts belong to an importantgroup of domestic animals, if not from allpoints of view, at any rate from that of theirutility to man. In fact no domestic animalcontributes so much to mans welfare as thecow and her kind. She gives us milk, ourmost important food, to drink ; she providesus with butter and cheese, both wholesomeand rich in food nutriments ; her iiesh enterslargely into our dietaries ; the leather made ofher hide covers our feet and provides us withnecessities and luxuries in other directions;and finally her bones, blood, and offal fertilizeour gardens and fields. This race, together with the sheep and thegoat, forms part of the great family of rumi-nants, the members of which differ very little. Two Orphans from one another in the conformation of theirteeth and stomachs. The bovines form a sub-division of the class of horned beasts by reasonof their horns being hollow. This race {bos taitrus) must have had manyancestors. For instance, the Frisian ox is thought to be a descendant of the urns exist-ing in Csesars day, and French beeves aresupposed to be descended from the bison. ThePodolian or Hungarian ox, whitish gray withlong horns, and of immense height, which
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