Show 44 4 44 40 ww 4 if cows with a ia 4 1 jaff 1 H fermented work oral leation on fine herd iferd of 0 ars u ey cattle AAA 4 ata at A za fifteen fine jersey cowa cows on OIL the whitney point stock farm v nt ut on a disgraceful I 1 spree last mood 17 and almost frightened the men in charge of then them out of their wits for a long time no one knew know just what was wag the matter with the cows they went reeling across the fields like ilke a lot of drunken soldiers eold tera rolling their eyes and every once in a while giving giring vent to the most hideous howls when they got tired they either termed against one another or against the fences and that vas ras the wry the ien u found them when they screwed up enough courage to go out in the field geld and investigate A jk hurry call was sent cut to bingham ton for a veterinary because thera jag as such unmistakable signs of or suffering on the part of the cows that the men mel thought they were pol poisoned wien the veterinary took a loo X at the cows he was puzzled they were glassy eyed and tired those that had fallen asleep were sleeping so soundly that they lie be inked up even rith a pitchfork the local keterin ve terin tries arlea were called in to assist the man from binghamton DIng hamton and the three sat up with the cows all night long the next moraine morning the cowa cows appeared to be all right true most of 0 them looked a trifle ashamed but on the whole they seemed la in fair fait shape and ni quite ready to go back to eating sass rass and making milk it until the cows were turned out for their 4 t 0 drink and almost dried up tho the creek lu in the field that the detert got an inkling of what had hi L d been beer the mr mutter ater lvell I 1 sw awn n said the man malk from binghamton lol 1 I do believe them there cows was drunk last night what did yer give them to eat they be drunk doc said the bose boss keeper 11 cm there aint any thin in this here stock farm larm ter inal maa man nor boast beast drunk all them cowa cows has had bad out of the usual teed feed this Is a wagon load of apples that was dumped in tho the field on sunday well im clear dinged danged 11 said the binghamton man 1 I beam hear a toll tell on a thing liko like this happening hap penin once afore but I 1 never see it myself say dyer know what was the matter of ot them cows well they was drunk from them apples now see soe here them cows he two stomachs and when you pave rare m them apples they just loada load A id up the stomach where they stores things like all ruminants does with apples they kept them there oil till they fermented and then they all got drunk just what as the mat ter of them cows the logic of this explanation appealed to the local narles and they agreed as to the cause cauce of the jag undoubtedly this exploration Is the correct one as the cowl have been all right ever since new york sun |