WHAT I KNOW ABOUT GARDENING. II J 



her gait and the size of her feet, which struck 

 me as a little large for the size of the body. Hav- 

 ing no cow myself, but acquaintance with my 

 neighbor's, I told him that I thought it would 

 be fair for him to have the grass. He was, 

 therefore, to keep the grass nicely cut, and to 

 keep his cow at home. I waited some time after 

 the grass needed cutting ; and, as my neighbor 

 did not appear, I hired it cut. No sooner was it 

 done than he promptly appeared, and raked up 

 most of it, and carried it away. He had evi- 

 dently been waiting that opportunity. When 

 the grass grew again, the neighbor did not ap- 

 pear with his scythe ; but one morning I found 

 the cow tethered on the sward, hitched near the 

 clothes-horse, a short distance from the house. 

 This seemed to be the man's idea of the best 

 way to cut the grass. I disliked to have the cow 

 there, because I knew her inclination to pull up 

 the stake, and transfer her field of mowing to 



