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and inclination, and which they (the owners) do not trouble 

 themselves to adapt to the animal's comprehension. Failing 

 to obtain this, they appear to regard their stock as a lot of 

 rebellious subjects, ever seeking to thwart their reasonable 

 wishes, and only to be controlled by harshness and severity. 

 Now this is all wrong, and is productive of serious loss and 

 vexation to owners, as well as detestable cruelty and oppression 

 to the poor brutes. 



The fundamental principle in Mr. Rarey's theory, that a horse 

 will not offer resistance to any demand ivhich he fully compre- 

 hends, if made in a way consistent with the laws of his nature, 

 applies with equal force to almost all classes of domestic an- 

 imals. Cows, especially, appreciate and repay kindness and 

 sympathy in a way which none but those who have studied 

 their conduct and disposition can fully understand. They will 

 answer to their names, come when they are called, submit to be 

 handled or examined, and welcome the approach of a kind and 

 gentle attendant by unmistakable tokens of pleasure and affec- 

 tion. Nay, more, they will submit to an almost incredible 

 amount of pain rather than to hurt or disturb those whom they 

 believe to be solicitous for their good. We have often been 

 called on to milk cows whose teats have become sore from acci- 

 dent or neglect, but we have rarely known them to resist, even 

 when the blood has oozed at every pressure ; and in more than 

 one instance, when from excess of pain it was impossible for a 

 cow to stand perfectly still, we have observed an evident and 

 affecting care and anxiety to avoid treading on or hurting us, 

 which we can only account for on the supposition that the suf- 

 fering creatures understood and appreciated our sympathy and 

 efforts. 



Considerations of humanity and self-interest alike urge us to 

 an application of the golden rule in our relations with domestic 

 animals. The time is past when the rod was regarded as an 

 indispensable aid in the education and discipline of human 

 beings, and the sooner the whip is banished from the barn the 

 better, both for the farmer and his cattle ; and we shall conclude 

 our o'er long essay with a few rules, which we have practised 

 with much satisfaction, and which we can therefore confidently 

 recommend. 



Never strike a cow when you are excited or cross ; because, 



