Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — BIRD BUILDS NEST UPON COW’ BACK [ARTICLE]

BIRD BUILDS NEST UPON COW’ BACK

Cow Being Unable to Stand, Ba* Sparrow Clings to Its Home and Lays Eggs. Bennetts, N. Y. —One day last week Abner Snowden had a cow whiMi mired in the swamp. At 5 o’clock when the cow did not come to the barn with the other animals Mr. Snowden and his hired man went to the swamp and found her. The cow was dug out and it w found that the left hind leg was so badly sprained that she could not step on it. The cow was loaded ona stoneboat and drawn to the barnyasd. A veterinary was called, examined the leg, and as he found no broken bones it was decided not to kill the animal. The leg was bandaged and the cow has not stood on her feet since. The next morning when Snowden fed the animal he observed a perched upon her back, but when he approached the bird flew away. That evening, when he went to care, for the cow he was surprised to fln< that the bird had built a nest on the cow's back and had laid an egg in the nest Since then the bird has laid four eggs in the nest and is now sitting on the eggs. The bird does not leave the nest when Snowden or his helper feeds the cow;