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beast of prey that may attack it, and her horns, 

 backed by courage and strength of neck and 

 head, are very effective and terrible weapons of 

 defence. 



You can now see why a wild cow has a large 

 udder that contains a large quantity of milk. 



Man has taken advantage of this natural 

 storage of milk, and has turned it to his own 

 uses. 



Moreover, by careful feeding, housing, and 

 attention generally, and by taking away the calf 

 from its mother and rearing it by hand, and 

 specially by breeding from those cows which 

 give naturally the greatest flow of milk, man has 

 very considerably increased the quantity of milk 

 given by the cow of to-day, as compared with 

 the quantity given by her ancestors in their wild 

 state. 



You will notice, when a foal lies down it 

 stretches itself out at full length with no effort 

 at concealment. But a calf will always curl 

 itself up, as if anxious to conceal itself. 



Then you must have observed that when a horse 

 is alarmed it throws its head as high as it can, as 

 if it wanted to get as extensive a view as possible 

 of the approach of the enemy. But down 

 goes the head of a cow if she is alarmed, as if she 

 were looking for the approach of her enemy 

 amidst the trees. 



