JMusic of the Wild 



the cattle, dry-fed during the long ^^intel•, graze 

 and graze until they hecome so I'at the milk they 

 give grows richer, and housewives make what they 

 call "clover" butter. 



"When man treats the beasts that sustain and 



enrich him with the consideration he ^\ould like 



A Sign Mere he a beast, we have one of the very highest 



of God m sipi^s of the grace of God in the human heart. 



the Heart , . „ , i i • i 



ihis study was made at almost lour o clock m the 

 afterncjon, Mhen the cattle, after a day of grazing, 

 were lying in fullfed content. It was so early in 

 the season that hickory and late-leafing trees were 

 bare, but already the stock sought for their resting- 

 place the shade afforded by maple and elms. 



There Mas no real necessity for shelter. The 

 heat Mas not sufficient to Morry them, but the in- 

 clination to lie in the shade Mas instinctive. Scat- 

 tered around this pasture and in almost every 

 fence corner there gro\\s a tree for the ex])ress piu'- 

 jjose of 25i"Oviding comfort for the stock and a 

 choir-loft for field musicians. How the cattle ap- 

 preciate this can be seen by their gathering to lie 

 in the strip of light shade in the early spring! If 

 they seek a sheltered spot Mhen they really do not 

 need it, M'hat Mould l)ecome of tliem in the burn- 

 ing heat of July and August M'ithout it? Hom- 

 the birds love it they tell you in their notes of 

 bubbling ecstasy. 



Not far from tliis pasture are the grazing lands 



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