OUR LADY THE COW

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13145, 28 August 1914, Page 8

OUR LADY THE COW

Upon of civilised Utah's wolfa'Wtfiair-"npon any oilier animal, Man "Mis tlio "Tidrso For his motive poweiy'for"iVib"pleasure, for his enro, pi'oteetion/aiiil love,Jmt its place can bo taWn by ilifi lniiiti or'tlipinotor.' Man needs'the pi's for'its utility and economy as a wealth the cat for its companionship, the dog for its domesticity, the' ten for it's 1 helpfulness, and all for their aid in the conservation of his resources or for his personal pleasure, fiut mam lias lived, and can live without any of these. AVith tlie cow it is different, Milk is tlie only universal human food without which mankind cannot exist, and its. supply in adequate, quality and quantity affords one of tiro big economic problems of the day, Beef has ever been the food of the dominant races of mankind! Frbiii its fibre is biiildftd that :])wn and brawn, that yim and energy, the acumen and initiatiyo which have not only conquered the forces of the earth .and air to man's lisp, but have won supremacy over the vegetarian races of liis own kind, The leather of our shoes, our chairs, automobiles, mills'nml.factories;"il'io buttons on our clothes, the combs for our hair, gluo for our furniture, hair for niort.ar and mattresses; biscuits for our pets, and fertiliser for our farms aro but incidental side lines of production by the cow, who is the'foslor-mollier of half llio human race,