These figures explain why dairy cows and not steers are kept on the
valuable lands. When the cheap lands disappear, and rough food commands
higher values, the beef cow will be raised as a luxury, and cattle will
make their contribution to the human race largely in the form of milk,
butter, and cheese. In the future more and more will the farmers of all
countries turn to the dairy cows.
[Illustration: =CHINESE POUCHONG=]
[Illustration: =ARABIAN GAZELLE HOUND=]
[Illustration: =SCOTCH COLLIE= (above)
=BIRD DOG OR POINTER= (middle)
=ENGLISH SETTER= (lower)]
=Dog= (_Canis familiaris_) is the most intelligent, affectionate, and
devoted of domestic animals; in use by all peoples, and accompanying man
throughout a wider range than any other animal, greatly exceeding the
cat, donkey, or horse in this respect. It is very docile; its memory and
its sense of localities and time are admirable. It is the constant
companion of man, the protector of his house and of his herds, his
helpmate in battle, a useful companion of the hunter, a draft animal, a
guide, a buffoon, a postman, a comedian, and a brother of charity at St.
Bernard. What creature can do more? Among its characteristic qualities,
its faithfulness and gratitude are most prominent. No animal is attached
to man in the same degree.
The domestication of the dog dates to primitive man, and far precedes
the dawn of history, many important varieties being portrayed in the
earliest sculptures. Most varieties have become so modified by
domestication that they are unable to sustain themselves apart from man.