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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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