Eureka Reporter | 1906-09-21 | Page 6 | Red Jersey Cow Turns Faucet with Mouth to Get a Drink

RED JERSEY COW TURNS FAUCET WITH MOUTH TO GET A DRINK sagacious oregon animal satisfies her thirst in back yard and saves long walk to the river portland ore the county poor farm has according to the assertion hie cow turned the faucet with her mouth of the inmates the cleverest cow in the state the animal is an old red jersey that has been on the farm for years the matron at the farm last summer discovered that the faucet on the hydrant in the back yard was fre turned on but constant watch ing tailed to disclose the miscreant the same trouble occurred agan this summer the matron noticed the water was turned on about the same time every afternoon while she watched she saw the old red jersey come leisurely up the road into the back yard and walk straight up to the hydrant the cow pushed the faucet with her nose but it did not seem to work so she tried her horns and when that method failed opened her mouth took hold of the faucet and turned it mrs bossy then drank her fill of cold water and turned away toward the green fields evidently pleased that she did not have to go a quarter of a mile to the river to satisfy her thirst the next day the cow seemed much puzzled to find a new faucet and appeared dejected when after half an hour of hard work she could not get her drink then the matron had a watering place made and the cold water was allowed to run at all times