Does uncle approve of it ?" "No, indeed.

He'd just as soon think of cutting their tails off, as of dehorning them.

He says he guesses the Creator knew how to make a cow better than he does.

Sometimes I tell John that his argument doesn't hold good, for a man in some ways can improve on nature.

In the natural course of things, a cow would be feeding her calf for half a year, but we take it away from her, and raise it as well as she could and get an extra quantity of milk from her in addition.