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COW Gir}-Wby and bow she is superior to tbe Cowman By a Country Woman
O,f.r\::\ ~ "ondct-fnl "\\8\' · \\itlt tht· eo\\
1" nlmoA hLtoru nl. yc•t, mnn·e!Jom to rdt\ll'.
fhtrc ar.~ ~;IJIJ t><•opl•• nl1out who vir" '\ith \\Ondt•t•
tl~t' rovivnJ nf tills tinH.•-honoun·tl O<'C:llpation a1HI
onnmn.n 's Oltlflill a]Jtifud,. fortt; and wbc•n I wc•n t
to thn Dail'} S}H)l\ l <'•1ulcl only find ju~t nnr womnn
in dta~(· of 1 he '' lu'!nsiJ es," M distinguhd11 d ftonl
1 hf' mi1kmairlil.
£,·crvhody
la1owq of t lw •· mr11dt n all (,,rJorn '' he•
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nnlkt•d the <·nw ldth th(• cnunphd born ' :"\o''· If
this maicitn hadn't
hn.d a wOtllleriul ·• \la~·
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<'t•on s '"h<· cnrll\1nly would ncn•J' hn vc t~H·klC'd n t'O\\
\\tth n crumplt•d born.
C'rum},IN! horn. do not add to tlll lncndl)
A JJ1~1lranro of cow8, t>Yl'n thou~oth thc·y may n(lt
I'Jgnify btvl IPtn}X'r 'fhc crumplC'd e.ffl·c·t may lx•
d tw to '~orry. but on that point I am not A I nil sun·.
Then• j., no man Nmtcmporar)· to tlw nfol't'~atll
mnit!C'n, "hnc:r. n·putMion in dcnlwg \\I th c·o\\" ha:i
Jh ' cl to our gr'llN'alJon. It '"· t hf'.n.•fnrv, pretty
J•l(tin that unnwn llH.' the people· for co""·
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Jlnuy wonwn wcro t•rnployed l\d <'OW girl- during
the \HIT, and lh(•~t· oft(ln IO<)k ov~r ('ntin•ly a man's
worl~.
Om• herd, unrlnr the care of a mnn and
nth rwnrd..; under a uomn.n, l parltntlnrly rt•mc·mb<'r.
'rho mn.n'."' nnd woman's methods Wt l'1. <'Otil'('}V
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d i tf•·rent, a. .. the fol!owwg will "ho\\.
E,·,·ry day flu' c•ows were drn <'rl 11. hout n IJ unrtt r
of n mill' aJotlg t1 counhy 1lllw to gu1ze in !<-OJ)l<' Jicld'i
1 ru·tt·. Tlw mnn, j n his tiuH • nl n a V" d row the
(on>~ Ot•fO I'fl him, and. \\If ha lwnt of about tw('nt\"
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un1mnl8, in\ arin.bly nlllllll~<'d to c· n·nh.• a \\'Jitl \\'e~t
11 r uwsphort".
Hu "ould ~:~hout, l'Tll<.' k odd 011(''1 O'\ic>r
1 h1• lllndqual'f()rs, ancl qtJJ{(I upliet the pM<'t' of th(·
•' t>llltf r.'t' ido in hi:- C>ffort:i to got Lhnn to tht:' promic:;Ni
la11d. Jf a fll()for uwt lh<• C'OWI', you could rd.r on
hnlf u dcz!'n I(()Jng up fhc bank,. at tb<" SJ d<' of th<'
t'(•lttl. and on Ht,orman t I u.;(•d to pity h.im : lw certainly ll<".t'r
.S Jml'\ d ltims< C'itht r C(IJlH' to t hnt !
\\'lwn it wa.-. moot.· that a wnmnn nH~ht ta.lw
ov• r l1is joh, bco -hook hi~
ht·nd ~ntll • v u.ud said 1 t
un o't a woman'~> juh
f{ctting ro \V" along a !two
l1ko lhnt with "nil thc·m
motor nnd thing>~ ahout.
.Now, if it wu
o n ly
mrlking- woll, JJO\\ ,\'ou'rt•
talk111g"
liut the \\ omun <'llflll',
tlld !Jl'O\('t( i!UI'('C :>~Sful fmlll
• ' t ry JK'in t of Yicw.
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Mis~I:-.oa .STICK.
I mtt~mc my "urpr'so
uhfn nno duy I uw tlw
(•ou
1·orning ;dong tho
Inn • l\Jib llw woman
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fiont of them, and -
\\ oudf'lr of wondN-s---.<~bc•
\HlR lll,f c•o rr_ving f hl' 1'0\\.
man'
t i (' k.
usun1
Jll"'i~nin - a
\\"1th hci' nt Llw bt·arl
of tJwm. th" cnw,.. wou ld
pans .. muiM
nJUl otb1 r
tldHg.: ·· 1Hld d lltPy did
; I tf.
Pea 1 fi•her'• B idal Carriaae
tak,.
1ltl.}' notaN
of th \\Otnnn\.. mdhods WCII'\• ili f£ 1 ~ r~·llt
~he "Ollld btR IHl on t he.• ~'<'<'O nd bar of t he g a.to 1\nti
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call onCI of th<' c-o"s by na.Jne>. I mmcdia t.oly all
vf tho· <'nw~ \\Ould mnkt.\ for t ho galA' anti follo w h 1 r
~Nla tC'I y lto me.
X o tc" that t ho wo m an l('d tbQ c 0 ,~ 8 •
but th<.' m nu a.l" n~ d rov<' t ho m .
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It i~ Ill tore:sting to .re la to t hat t his ht'rtl w M noal'l y
cloublt'tl during tho war, hut thcro wn>~ no,~o r motca
t.han o ne womnn 111 n t hmdance whc•n they ohan~E'Il
fidcls.
'i"t-s, nu re m wt bo m ore i n a. wom a n 's way t bnn
llll't'1s llH• oyo.
P('rha.p::~ H is that they d on 't.
h ustlo n.hout lik<' men 11.nd ta ke thi ngs more quietly
or tt may be that. the a.vNago f &rm band 's notio~
that he ia not g<>ttmg on with h is wo rk unless he j..
shouting puts tbo cows' backs u p and m a kes them
ob-stinat<•. Vory fo w farm hands had been in th£•
_\ rmy pr1or t~ t ho war , .so lhl' Army cannot bo h oltl
n::>ponl'lt blo for t he objectio nable habit o f making
the W<'lkin riog "he n you mn ke up your mind to
do a Uttlo wor k.
Cow~ that. a~ husUod or agi t ated d o no t g i vc as
much Ol' as good milk. W omen n e ve r h ustle co w ...
When did you e\"cr see a man Yvalking abo ut w1th
his arm round a cow's n eck ? But m y friendlv cow
gtrl used to I The cows l o ve d her.
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In l nc11a they
• a rc fa r a head of u s i n tho matkr o f
<'OW gtrl.... I don't t~upposo wo shall t"Yo r ta.k o special
<'are to a<>lcct bcautios f or t ho busin ess, as t hey do.
Our cow girls usua11y got. their beauty ait<-r t hey
bt>t•ome <'Ow girls. Ju I ndia it is di ff~rcnt -bcnuty
opens the door to this occupation .
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