THE MANY FACES OF CATTLE

                            THE MANY FACES OF CATTLE                                                  `                                     by Arlie (Trooper) Wood                                                                                            `                                                                                          30 April, 2027 Cattle is a rather vague term, generally defined as animals domesticated for man’s use.   Genesis 12 is about the earliest mention in that definition.   Today, we don’t tend to think of camels or elephants as cattle; we are more inclined to think only of the Bovine.   Even that definition covers a very wide spectrum from the bucking bulls at the rodeo to the tiny newborn calf struggling to stand for the first time.   My thoughts always included the Bison as the North American cattle; obviously not domesticated but serving mankind’s need from food to clothing to sewing supplies to fertilizers.   Maybe I wasn’t too far wrong.