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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
>>> For those of you just learning to milk a cow, put your left leg
>>> against the front of her right hind leg.
>>>
>> For cows I have known, that merely gives them a better idea of where
>> your foot is so that they can step on it.
>
> Mean cows should be hobbled. As should those humans who have caused
> them to become mean.
>
Nobody was ever mean to our cows. But, as with humans, some are born
that way. A cow who must be hobbled will make good hamburger.

Marie