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forces that way and run the calf out, but it was never a success. That 

 cow would have spoiled if not letting her milk down free, and her milk 

 did not hold out. I took to feeding her so as to take her attention. That 

 is not the best way, but it did better with her. Finally we had a little 

 Dutch boy, 16 or 17 years old. He came to my place and he did love 

 cows, and when he came out there and talked to Brownie, the cow fell in 

 love with him and he milked her for two years, and she was by far the 

 best producer I had. She would always come up to him and love him. 

 After being there for two years he went to Minnesota. He stayed there 

 about nine months, but he was so homesick for those cows he couldn't 

 stand it. He came home and didn't even stop at his father's house, but 

 came right over to my farm and rushed out to see the cows. Brownie 

 mooed and you ought to see the animals rub down his cheeks. You never 

 never saw a man so affectionate over anything in your life. She was 

 just the same cow with him she always was. He governer her by kind- 

 ness and got the good will of the cow. 



I am going to tell you one thing more. One time, several years ago, 

 I was way out west in Nebraska driving in a buggy with a young man, 

 near the close of a June day. We were just passing a sod house. There 

 was a girl coming out of the door, apparently about 16 years old. She 

 was dressed neat and clean, although she had bare feet. She had a nice 

 bright pail in her hand. She looked way off west where there was a 

 large herd of cattle, 500 or 600, and as she looked over she cried, "Come 

 Sukey, Come Sukey!" I said to the young man, "Hold on." We went to 

 one side of the road, and I took out a map pretending to look at it, but 

 the young man was looking at the girl I think. When the girl called 

 that way I saw a Jersey turn and travel right to her as rapidly as she 

 could walk. When she came up she mooed just like when a cow talks 

 to a calf. She patted the cow and said "You good Sukey," and she put 

 her arms around her neck, and pretty soon the cow turned herself around 

 and she sat down and commenced to milk. At first it went ting, ting, and 

 then pr-r-r, and pretty soon the froth was running over the pail, and 

 when the milking was finished she patted Sukey and the cow started off 



