Show Music Played to Cows Increases Output By ALAN R. R MOHAN CENTERVILLE New CENTERVILLE-New New York society columnists never have reported a cow sitting in the front row of the balcony at the Metropolitan Metropolitan Met- Met Opera house languishing through the bars of Carmen Carmen Carmen Car men or II 11 Trovatore But that doesn't mean the placid look ing bovine has no taste for the classics E. E R. R Smoot owner-manager owner of ofa ofa a dairy here reports that since he I dispatched his son Stanley 10 and Louise ouise Ford one of his hired hands to o offer a repertoire of songs to the he cows during milking time the production of each has increased nearly one Since his head of Jersey cows have been soothed by y music the butterfat production for or each cow has jumped from pounds in 1934 to for 1940 he said aid But cows too are choosey For instance Dolly who Is never allowed out at nights gives vent to more emotion and incidentally more milk when she hears the music retelling the adventures of her lover dream-lover Ferdinand the Bull Lucretia who turned snooty when she got her picture in the rotogravure section of the Livestock Livestock Live- Live stock tock Journal looks disdainfully upon musical fads Her social position position tion ion demands a more fitting song say ay Evening Star from Tann- Tann hauser And she contributes more generously when the star fill finally ally appears Bossie Bossle whose lineage dates back backo to o Mother O'Leary's cow which made Chicago famous has been chided by Mr Smoot for hoof- hoof tapping during jive sessions But Buthe she he is a restless creature anyway Bossie wants to get a job posing for or milk canned-milk advertisements What would happen if the United States Marine band paraded through the barn in full regalia playing laying Flow Gently Sweet Afon Afton Alton Af- Af ton on Mr Smoot was asked Brother he replied wed be washed out to sea sea |