LVI.—The Whole Bunch 



ALL the signs seem to be right for doing a 

 bulletin on the farm live stock. During 

 the past week three correspondents have 

 asked me about Sheppy and old Fence- 

 viewer, and last night at milking time the whole ag- 

 gregation forced themselves on my attention. It 

 happened this way : In the afternoon two little pigs 

 that are taking the rest cure and fattening for win- 

 ter pork, managed to break out of their pen in the 

 orchard and raid the shed where the chop feed and 

 skim-milk are kept. As no one had time to fix their 

 pen they were put in the cowstable for safe keeping. 

 That started the whole chain of circumstances. 

 When it came milking time we couldn't put in the 

 cows because of the pigs. We had to milk in the 

 field. While the milking was in progress the colts 

 came galloping up to nose around for salt and they 

 scared the cows. I started to throw clods and sticks 

 at the colts to drive them away, and that started 

 the turkey gobbler swearing at me. By the time I 



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