This is susceptible of demonstration. If any boy showed a desire to
become a statesman, I would say to him, "Young man, get married, buy a
mooly cow, go to Sheboygan county, and start a cheese factory."
Speaking of cows, did it ever occur to you, gentlemen, what a saving it
would be to you if you should adopt mooley cows instead of horned cattle?
It takes at least three tons of hay and a large quantity of ground feed
annually to keep a pair of horns fat, and what earthly use are
they? Statistics show that there are annually killed 45,000 grangers by
cattle with horns. You pass laws to muzzle dogs, because one in ten
thousand goes mad, and yet more people are killed by cattle horns than by
dogs. What the country needs is more mooley cows.
Now that I am on the subject, it may be asked what is the best paying
breed for the dairy. My opinion is divided between the south down and the
cochin china. Some like one the best and some the other, but as for me,
give me liberty or give me death.
There are many reforms that should be inaugurated in the manufacture of
cheese. Why should cheese be made round? I am inclined to the belief that
the making of cheese round is a superstition. Who had not rather buy a
good square piece of cheese, than a wedge-shaped chunk, all rind at one
end, and as thin as a Congressman's excuse for voting back pay at the
other? Make your cheese square and the consumer will rise up and call you
another.
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