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AN ACCOUNT OF A COW THAT NEVER CALVED. 
By Mr, W. A. Cartwright, Whitchurch. 
Some years ago, Mr. Betteley, of Ightfield Heath, had a long- 
horned cow that was at her full time of calving about the month 
of May, and shewed evident signs of approaching parturition, 
the udder being of a great size, and the two feet being seen in 
the vagina ; but in consequence of there being no one at home at 
the time besides the farmer’s wife to assist her to calve, she was 
left alone for half a day or so, and when others came home she 
did not shew any particular uneasiness that had reference to 
calving, and was therefore left alone for the present, and until 
pains came on again. To their surprise, no straining or indi- 
cation of calving made its appearance, but only a little moaning 
for a few days. Four or five days afterwards, they were per- 
suaded to milk her, as her udder was beginning to get less, and 
not to interfere with her calving, which they accordingly did. 
She did not milk well for three or four weeks, but after that 
time she gave half a canfull all the summer, and it was believed 
that she would have given more had they begun to milk her 
earlier. She was sold at Drayton fair on the 24th of October, 
the same year, and was then giving a “good drop” of milk, from 
which time they never heard more of her. 
She did not seem altogether right for some time after her time 
of calving had passed, nor did there much slime or matter come 
from her whilst they had her. She did not go “ a bulling.” She 
was very large at first, though her size gradually subsided ; but 
they could feel the calf all the time in her. 
I have spoken to several butchers on the subject, who say that 
they have occasionally found bones in the uterus, evidently the 
remains of a calf that had never been calved. 
This case, and that inserted in the February number, I have 
sent to you in order to guard others from been too hasty in trying 
to extract calves, when it would be more prudent to leave them 
alone, however odd that may appear ; for J sincerely believe had 
I never have meddled with the first case I have mentioned, the 
cow would, in all probability, have lived, although the retaining 
of the foetus might have affected her health for a while. 
