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Mr. Moss, of South Norwalk, Conn., exhibited his artificial cow* 

 It is, however, only an imitation of the bag witli teats of gutta 

 percha,so natural as to be readily taken by a calf who sucks from 

 it; hay tea, farina, or any suitable food, being made fluid, like 

 milk. It is suspended so that the calf finds it at the natural 

 height. Mr. Moss finds that this is far better than for the calf to 

 take it from any vessel — his head down. Mr. Moss has calves 

 brought up by this teat as healthy gro vir^g und (as he says) as 

 suck-sessfully as in the good old way. By this means a great sav- 

 ing is made of butter and milk, and the calves are well fed to a 

 proper age instead of being sent to market — a shocking had food 

 — slippery veal of a few days old; or any number can be reared 

 to full aged cattle. Mr. N'oss denies that this is a Yankee con- 

 trivance, for he is a Pennsylvanian. 



Mr. Solon Robinson begged leave to offer an amendment, viz., 

 that the artificial bag be duly attached to a figure resembling a 

 cow, covered with a veritable cow hide. 



Mr. Moss was thankful for the amendment, but denied its ne- 

 cessity. Sir, you should see with what eager vigor my calves suck 

 at my artificial cow ; sir, it is as good as any cow, and better, for 

 it stands still and never kicks the calf or the pail over, maid and 

 all! 



Mr. Robinson did not press his amendment, but he adverted to 

 the huge mass of two- day old veal hurried into this market. 

 What a sacrifice unfit for food, and vast herds of future cattle 

 thus permanently annihilated. Sixteen hundred such calves, and 

 more outsiders, are sold in this market before they are one week 

 old. We hardly know what veal is, and always should be care- 

 ful. 



Elihu Smith, of Albany — William Brush, a farmer, at Green 

 wich, in Connecticut, now has a veal of the right sort. The calf 

 is nearly six months old, is six feet long from horn to rump. Her 

 girth is four feet eleven inches, and her weight is six hundred 

 pounds — a heifer — dark red color, a half bred Devon and native. 



