"BOSSY HAS HAD HER LIBERTY CURTAILED IN PULASKI VA"

TOWN RESOLUTION BANISHES COWS FROM THE STREETS

Richmond, Virginia (JFK+50) On December 10, 1924, The Washington Times reports that "cows must now quit running at large in the streets of Pulaski*, Virginia."

This news surely came as a great shock to the cows of the town who apparently had free reign to run up and down the streets before a recent resolution was passed prohibiting them from doing so.

In fact, the resolution, which passed by "the narrow majority of two votes," banishes cows from the streets of Pulaski.

The Times front-page story begins with these words...

"'Bossy' has had her liberty curtailed at Pulaski, Va."

*Pulaski, Virginia, incorporated in 1886, is named in honor of American Revolutionary War hero Count Casimir Pulaski.  Today it is part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metropolitan area.

 JFK+50 NOTE

The Latin word bos means cow or ox.  Cows were often "called home" with the words "Come Boss."

SOURCE

"Pulaski Street Denied To Ruminating Cattle," The Washington Times, December 10, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

 

 

Main Street

Pulaski, Virginia

October 2008

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"COWS DID NOT DEVELOP PIG-LIKE TRAITS"

SOW GLAND SERUM MAKES OLD COWS YOUNG & FRISKY

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (JFK+50) It was announced on February 15, 1923 that "the principle employed in monkey glands for rejuvenation has been used with success in experiments on cows."

The announcement came from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Animal Industry* that found when eleven 'grandmother cows' were given serum extracted from the glands of sows, they "were made young and frisky."

The New York Tribune reports that the cows did not develop any pig-like traits in the experiments.

*There was also a National Bureau of Animal Industry created in 1884 & charged with preventing diseased animals from being used as food.  BAI also promoted livestock disease research.  It was under direction of the Bureau of Agriculture.

SOURCE

"Pig Glands Make Sedate Old Cows Frisky Again," The New York Tribune, February 16, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

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