PREFACE
COWS
A BALLADE OF COWS
I.—A Sick Cow
II.—Cow Troubles
III.—Fly Time
IV.—The Red Cow's Calves
V.—Insurgent Cows
VI.—Cow Troubles
VII.—The Bran Habit
VIII.—The Farrow Cow and Others
IX.—Cow Enjoyment
X.—Cow Kaiserism
XI.—A Night Session
XII.—A Calf Puzzle
XIII.—Cow Character
XIV.—Calf Feeding
XV.—A Cow Trick
XVI.—Cow Cussedness
XVII.—Teaching a Calf
XVIII.—Calf Exuberance
SHEEP
XIX.—Our First Sheep
XX.—The First Lamb
XXI.—Sheep Surgery
XXII.—The Patient
XXIII.—Shearing
XXIV.—Vain Regrets
XXV.—Sheep Sculpture
XXVI.—Our Lawn Mower
PIGS
XXVII.—Clementine
XXVIII.—Feeding Pigs
XXIX.—Beatrice
XXX.—Pig Frightfulness
XXXI.—A Pig Bath
XXXII.—In Extenuation
XXXIII.—Beatrice Announces
XXXIV.—Receiving
XXXV.—Feeding Time
XXXVI.—Beatrice Belligerent
HORSES
XXXVII.—Dolly's Day Off
XXXVIII.—The Colt
XXXIX.—Horse Contrariness
XL.—A Great Scheme
TURKEYS
XLI.—The Gobbler
XLII.—His Troubles
XLIII.—His Desertion
XLIV.—His Belligerency
XLV.—His Cares
XLVI.—His Prussianism
DOGS
XLVII.—A Moral Tale
XLVIII.—Sheppy's First Coon Hunt
XLIX.—A Rabbit Chase
L.—Fights and Feuds
CATS
LI.—A Page of High History
LII.—A Spring Orgy
BIRDS
LIII.—A Disgusted Blackbird
LIV.—A Visitor
LV.—A Farewell
GENERAL
A BALLAD OF BUGS
LVI.—The Whole Bunch
LVII.—Human Nature in Dumb Creatures
LVIII.—Early Observations
LIX.—Bantams
LX.—A Little Tragedy
LXI.—A Scientific Query
LXIII.—Spring and the Livestock
LXIV.—First Snow
LXV.—A "Skift" of Snow
LXVI.—A Spring Shower
LXVII.—Doing Chores
LXVIII.—Fishing
LXIX.—A Lonesome Squirrel
LXX.—Fall Poultry Troubles
LXXI.—Thanksgiving Day
LXXIII.—"The Demon Rabbit"
LXXIV.—The Fate of "The Demon Rabbit"
LXXV.—My Friends, the Trees
