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Show COW ADOPTS LITTER OF PIGS An unusual Instance of foster-mothering was brought to light recently on a farm owned by C. Anderson, near Elkton, Md., where a cow was found to be raising a litter of young pigs. A calf had been taken away from the cow, and Mr. Anderson expected to ge' large quantities of milk. Hut he was surprised to find that her output was below the averago, and he could not understand why sho had so little milk. A close watch kept on her revealed the fact that she had somehow gotten got-ten three pigs from a sow whose mother Instinct had .waned, and was allowing . tho young porkers all the privileges of her departed calf. Tho pigs and their cow mother seemed to bo getting cm well. |