CATTLE 



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was carrying upon a journey a skin or leather bag 

 of milk, and the motion churned the butter. Milk 

 will not keep long without souring, but butter keeps 

 much longer. The cow, with her milk, butter, hide, 



Fig. 9. A heef breed (Shorthorns). 



and meat, must have done a greaj; deal to help these 

 ancient people to better ways of living. 



Hitching Cattle to Loads. We do not know when 

 cattle were first yoked up and hitched to loads. 

 Perhaps a cow was tied by a leather thong, when 

 suddenly she made off through the woods, dragging 

 a man or tlie log to which she was tied. Then some 



