Cows are very useful to mankind, in supplying them with milk from
which both butter and cheese are made. Their young ones are called
calves, and the flesh of calves is veal. A good Cow will give about
fifteen or more quarts of milk a day, but much depends upon the
quality of the pasture she feeds upon. Her age is told by her horns;
after she is three years old a ring is formed every year at the root
of the horn, so that by counting the number of circles, her age may be
exactly known. Cows are sometimes prettily marked with black, brown,
and yellow spots, and, as they lie scattered about a green meadow, add
much to the charms of a landscape.
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