40 Domestic Animals 



they are tame and kept in pastures and barns, they 

 are not of much use, and when a farmer has many 

 cows he sometimes cuts off the horns. This is to 

 prevent them from fighting one another, as cows 

 often will do. The horns are not quite smooth. 

 They have little wrinkles in them. Some farmers 

 say they can tell how- old a cow is by the number of 

 wrinkles in her horns." 



The boy whose father owned the market brought 

 a cow's foot. This was examined carefully. They 

 saw how the hoof was divided, and Miss Clare ex- 

 plained that this was called a cloven foot, and called 

 their attention to the two small toes at the back of 

 the foot. 



William had spent the previous summer on his 

 uncle's farm. As his mother was anxious to have 

 him profit by this experience, she had spent much 

 time with him in out-of-door study. She came to 

 school with him one morning to help him recall 

 these happy days. 



Do you know how a cow lies down ? 



William said that she bends her front legs under 

 and so lowers her head and shoulders, and then 

 she bends one hind leg and then the other under 



