LESSON SIXTEEN 
THE OX AND THE COW 
1. Their contribution—The cow and her kind con- 
tribute more to man’s welfare than any other domestic 
animal. “She gives us milk, our most important food, 
to drink; she provides us with butter and cheese, both 
wholesome and rich in food nutriments; her flesh enters 
largely into our dietaries; the leather made of her hide 
covers our feet and provides us with necessities and 
luxuries in other directions; and finally her bones, blood 
and offal fertilize our gardens and fields.” 
In addition to food and protection their labor has made the earth 
to yield forth generous harvests. The first crooked stick used as a 
plow was fastened to the horn of a bull and not to a leather thong 
attached to the shoulder of a horse. Horses when first domesti- 
cated were used to ride, not to work. The cow labored in the fields 
to raise vegetable products, yielded up her milk at night time to give 
drink and when needed submitted her carcass as flesh for food. 
2. Two types of cattle—Cattle are raised either for the 
milk or the flesh stored up in their bodies as meat. This 
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