SOOTHING MUSIC
Champion cows and bulls ' are , sensitive animals; they like music, ajß they prefef it to be good music. '“This, is why gramoj phone records, amplified through loud speakers, were played to the,cattle at th 4 famous Smithfield show at the Eoyal Agri« cultural Hall, Islington. The music was not jazz. 1 lb consisted mainly of soothing compositions, such t,s Bach’s fugues or Puccini’s operas. Tha reason for the experiment is that the cattle in such a show always lose weight owing to anxiety and excitement. Most of them are unused to crowds, and some at tha present show ■ have come from Banffshire and Aberdeen. The worry affects the milk yield of tha cows, and all the.cattle lose weight. Musia has already proved successful in producing an increase in the milk yield from cows, and for this light, popular melodies are best. On the other hand, experts fear tht effect of jazz on a highly-strung buß*
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Evening Star, Issue 21634, 1 February 1934, Page 5
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157SOOTHING MUSIC Evening Star, Issue 21634, 1 February 1934, Page 5
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