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1. The Care of the Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   the hens and "wheet wheet" when we are calling the ducks. We say "goosh, goosh" when we are calling the geese and "yib yib" when we are calling the turkeys. Sometimes there is a straw rope tied from the cow's horn to her front leg. This rope is only put on thieving cow to keep her from thieving. A straw rope is used for this purpose because it will not cut the cow's leg. The horse house is called a stable. It is built of cement and there are two cement mangers in it. There is a cement division between the places for the two horses.

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2. The Care of the Farm Animals

   

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   The farm animals are cows, horses, cattle, sheep, hens, ducks, turkeys, geese, pigs, cats and dogs. When you are driving the cows you say How! How! John Stephens has names for his cows and he calls one of them Daisy, when he calls her she comes to him. When you say chuck! chuck! the hens come to you. When calling the ducks you say wheet! wheet! and when you

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