THIRTEEN] SECURING OUR ALLIES 



land and in England, where the women care for 

 the kine, very little is known of the monstrous filth 

 that constitutes the stable and the barnyard of 

 many American cows. In Michigan I came upon 

 Quaker homesteads where the law of love governed 

 the barn as well as the house. The cows appre- 

 hended this, and showed their appreciation. The 

 milk that reached the pantry from such a barnyard 

 was untainted. It is no disgrace for a woman to 

 milk and care for a cow, or to harness, drive, or ride 

 a horse. A Yankee thoroughbred race will some 

 day be developed in our country that can do all this, 

 and will have very little capacity for that frivolous 

 education which passes for "accomplishments." 



The best breed of cow you will have to deter- 

 mine for yourself. For a good-sized family, in need 

 of a large amount of milk, the Holstein is unsur- 

 passed. If you are a retired couple, out of whose 

 nest the birds have flown, a creamy Jersey will de- 

 light you. In my judgment there is no cow that 

 combines so many good qualities as the Ayrshire, 

 but I have never been able to find an Ayrshire that 

 was not frisky and generally mischievous. From 

 Scotch ancestry, they have inherited the capacity to 

 climb steep places, and I have seen them walking 



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