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Clever… [Young] affectionately details veterinary crises, inter-bovine bonds, and the quirks of Ditch-Hog, Charolais Charlotte, and other residents of her family’s farm, in Worcestershire. She makes a passionate case against high-yield farming and in favor of a personalized approach.”– The New Yorker In the apartment upstairs Lucy spends her nights searching for the toxins she knows are collecting inside her body, desperate to rid herself of them. When she enlists Steven's help to manipulate a piece of invasive medical apparatus, he begins to see that a better life might indeed be possible. Lucy could be his partner, they could make a home together, they could have a baby. They could be just like the folks on TV.​ Cows do not have teeth on the upper front part of their mouths; they cut grass by pressing their bottom teeth against their hard top palate. [5]

Rosamund Young’s The Secret Life of Cows deserves its sudden reputation as a first-hand account of unutterable charm… Young describes her own work as simply a string of anecdotes and observations grouped around certain themes (example: ‘Bovine friendships are seldom casual’), but the musings reveal things far more profound… The extraordinary sensitivity she exhibits towards their idiosyncrasies puts our understanding of the minds of cattle onto a completely different plane—an anecdotal accompaniment to the scientific work that scientists likeTemple Grandinhave already done… Young’s personal approach gets the message across gently, but no less urgently. Spending a few hours in their company…will certainly teach you a loving lesson about animal dignity, and the value of kindness.” —Vogue.com I take serious exception to an author saying they are writing a book about the true nature of cows and their intelligence, personalities and decision-making ability as animals but then writes that cows huddle in a corner together to discuss an impending birth, the older cow giving advice to the younger one. Really? There was too much anthropomorphising in the book. Just because an animal is intelligent in it's own way doesn't make it like a human.

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Unlike other reviewers, I see this not so much as being saccharine cute or attempting to put human mentalities onto non-human animals but rather... Within a day of receiving this book, I had consumed it… Absorbing, moving, and compulsively readable.”—Lydia Davis The Faber reissue comes with a very short foreword written by Alan Bennett. He comments: 'It's a delightful book, though insofar as it reveals that cows (and indeed sheep and even hens) have far more awareness and know-how than they have ever been given credit for, it could also be thought deeply depressing, as it means entirely revising one's view of the world.' He goes on to add: 'It's a book that alters the way one sees things and passing a field of cows nowadays I find myself wondering about their friendships and their outlook, notions that before reading Young's book I would have thought comical, even daft.' Cows have near-panoramic vision, meaning they can see in almost every direction of a 360-degree circle. [5]

The word is out that Cows is every bit as dark and deranged as Iain Banks' classic The Wasp Factory. It's not: it's even more so. Possibly the most visceral novel ever written." Wagyu is famous for its rich marbling • The beef from the Japanese Wagyu breeds of cattle is typically graded two degrees higher than the best prime beef produced in the United States. [3] In a decaying apartment: a mother, a son and a paralysed dog. Monstrously fat and murderously driven, referred to only as The Hagbeast, the mother employs her own unique version of dinnertime cuisine as she attempts to bring about the demise of her only child.​ A small classic.But while her book isgently humorous, it is not a spoof. Cows really are diverse characters with eventful inner lives… Drawing on decades of experience, Young hasa serious messageconcerning non-intensive, compassionate farming.” — Financial Times Wagyu beef, generally held to be some of the best beef in the world, usually comes from cows raised in Japan with such luxuries as massages, a better diet, and longer life spans before being butchered. [3]The words in this book can be sung to the tune of Skip to My Lou which makes the story more fun to read. All the animals are having a lot of fun in the house as Tom Farmer naps. He wakes up and sends them out just to find them in the house again the next times he naps! A lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows.” —James Rebanks, New York Times bestselling author of The Shepherd’s Life At Kite’s Nest Farm, Rosamund Young sees all her animals in a very different way, and her cows hold a special place in her heart. Each cow is named and rather than being forced to stay in a single field, they are allowed to roam freely around the farm so they can find the best grass or shelter as necessary. This freedom, coupled with the fact they there are not treated as commodities, means that their own personalities shine through. Her observations have shown that they are capable of forming life-long friendships, can hold grudges, play games when younger and grieve when another in the herd dies and in their own way can communicate with us mere humans.

When I grew up there was a bull in the field next to the school all by himself, we were all frightened of it. But here the bulls are different. Baby bulls are killed for beef, but not cows, and not a few breeding bulls. They are always part of a herd, and the herd is led by the biggest, probably oldest, female, never the bull. Baby cows will trot off slowly if you approach them, baby bulls will run, even teenage, pre-abbatoir ones, they are all scaredy cats. The style is an eclectic mix of astute animal observation, gossipy stories about what animal did what when, rather tedious geneology of all the wonderful cows the author has had the pleasure to know and some "All Creatures Great and Small" vibes. The Secret Life of Cows is a mixture of musings about ethical farming, things which the owners of Kite's Nest have implemented to better the welfare of their animals, and anecdotes about particular animals. Some of these are amusing, and others quite sweet. For instance, we meet Meg, a calf who learns to climb some very steep steps so that she can spend the night in the granary, 'away from mud and draughts and bullying'. Meg then teaches two of her fellow calves how to climb the stairs too. There is Alice, who is fond of hide and seek. Young writes: 'She would do her best to hide behind a walnut tree but of course she was too big and as soon as she realised I had seen her she would gallop off again and hide behind the next one, and so on until we reached the cow pen.' Undervejs glemmer læseren næsten, at det er køer, der er hovedpersonerne i Youngs fortællinger, for hun beskriver deres individualitet som værende lige så forskellig og kompleks som menneskers. Hos Kite’s Nest har de intelligente køer, dovne køer, stædige køer, generte køer, udadvendte køer og alle de andre egenskaber, man sædvanligvis knytter til en menneskelig personlighed. Men Young beskriver samtidig også, hvordan alle disse karaktertræk går tabt, hvis ikke køer får lov til at udfolde sig og udvikle deres egen unikke personlighed.Young’s animal stories are truly charming and quietly convincing of the great value of a more natural form of farming.”– Booklist Rosamund Young driver Kite’s Nest Farm i Gloucestershire i England. Gården er kendt for at producere bæredygtige fødevarer, og den drives ud fra grundprincipper om god dyrevelfærd – og mere til. Hendes forældre startede som selvstændige landmænd på Kite’s Nest Farm I 1953, og her begav de sig ud i at drive et økologisk landbrug, før begrebet ’økologi’ overhovedet var opfundet. In photographic and written form this book follows Clarabelle the cow through the process of birthing her calf, eating and milking. The book also talks about how the farm uses the manure to provide bedding for the cows, create electricity and fertilizer for the soil. Our four-year-olds really enjoyed looking at the photographs in this book. However, they had the glazed-eye look as we read certain parts of the book but our seven-year-old loved all the information.

Her insight is unexpectedlycharming and fascinating- so much so that she has channeled everything she has learned about these creatures into awonderfully evocative and enlighteningbook… Many amusing anecdotes which illustrate the warmth of feeling between the family and their individual animals… Touching…A wonderful and heartwarming story.” — Mail on Sunday (UK) Cow" technically refers to a female that has had at least one calf; males are called "bulls" or "steer," and a female who has yet to have a calf is called a "heifer." [5] Young, some of whose cows are (terrifyingly) able to cross cattle grids and perform all manner of other physical feats, tells us that when an animal shakes its head, it’s giving you a warning. The message is: keep away. But she does not expand on this, perhaps because, what with knowing her own beasts so very well, she has never been on the receiving end of cow rage. Apparently, she sometimes carries a large brush with her, the better to calm the curious and the cross with a few soothing strokes across the cliffs of their flanks – not something I’m likely to start doing any time soon. Still, one fact I do know now is that cows strongly object to perfume. This, I will remember. In the future, all walks will be strictly Mitsouko-free. An organic farmer for decades, Young has an unaffected and homely voice. Her prose brims with genuine devotion to the wellbeing of animals. Most of us never apprehend the various inner lives animals possess, least of all those that we might eat. But Young has spent countless hours observing how these creatures love, play games, and form life-long friendships. She imparts hard-won wisdom about the both moral and real-world benefits of organic farming. (If preserving the dignity of animals isn’t a good enough reason for you, consider how badly factory farming stunts the growth of animals, producing unhealthy and tasteless food.) I loved Rosamund Young’s The Secret Life of Cows. It’s apleafor us to appreciatethe complex inner lives of our inquisitive, loving, bovine friends,whom we arguably exploit more than any other creature on Earth—from what we wear on our feet, via our Sunday roast, to what we pour on our granola. It also makesthe great pointthat we should not judge animal intelligence in relation to our own.” —Matt Haig, bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and How to Stop TimeIn this affectionate, heart-warming chronicle, Rosamund Young distills a lifetime of organic farming wisdom, describing the surprising personalities of her cows and other animals These books can be read as part of a themed-unit on cows, to supplement lowercase letter “c” (c is for cow) in the All About Reading Pre-Reading Program, or just for fun! 14 Amusing Books About Cows It's not a moralizing book or straight to the point, but it shows that farms need to make the effort to prioritise the well being of these animals. In return their productivity and life span will increase. One of our girls received this book as a reward for reaching 250 books in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. In this story, the cows hear the Hey Diddle Diddle nursery rhyme which causes a debate about whether or not a cow could jump over the moon. Cindy Moo believes it’s possible and after many attempts finally shows it’s possible….in a way you might not expect. Cows produce methane when they digest food, which they release as flatulence. Twenty-five percent of the methane polluting the atmosphere in the United States comes from cows. [2]