XVIII. Calf Exuberance 



LAST night Juno got loose, and for a few 

 minutes there was excitement around the 

 stable. Juno is a fall calf, daughter of 

 Fenceviewer II., and owing to the scarcity 

 of stable room she is being pampered and fed up for 

 veal. At the time of her arrival the children named 

 her Jupiter, but on second thought it was consid- 

 ered that Juno would be more appropriate. Up to 

 last night she had lived in a small calf pen at the 

 end of the stable, but the fastening on the gate came 

 loose and she discovered what her legs were for. 

 She shot out through the stable door in a way that 

 sent the hens flying over the hay stacks. Then she 

 tripped over a sheaf of cornstalks that I had 

 dropped on the ground while preparing to feed the 

 cows, sprawled at full length, bounced right up and 

 rushed ahead until she was brought to a standstill 

 by a wire fence in a way that almost telescoped her 

 neck into her body. Finding that the wire fence 



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