Here they're called "herdsman." There's quite a lot to the job if it's a large farm, the herdsman is responsible for the health of the herd and keeping all the records as to milk production for each cow, breeding records and getting the cows bred at the proper time, plus probably more that I'm not aware of. Ruth At 9:58 AM -0800 4/2/04, John Drewell wrote: >hello Elizabeth, > >I grew up on a farm int the thirties and the man in >charge of the cattle was always the cowman. > >Several of my Drewells in the 19th century called themselves >COWKEEPERS, but later upgraded themselves to DAIRYMEN. >A bit of social climbing, I guess! >..... >John Drewell in Vancouver BC >(searching all DREWELL mentions) -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

Mucking out, as they so politely put it today! Kind Regards June & Roy http://www.btinternet.com/~roy.cox/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Barton [mailto:mrgjb@sover.net] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 12:09 AM To: OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OEL] Re: Cowkeepers Here they're called "herdsman." There's quite a lot to the job if it's a large farm, the herdsman is responsible for the health of the herd and keeping all the records as to milk production for each cow, breeding records and getting the cows bred at the proper time, plus probably more that I'm not aware of. Ruth At 9:58 AM -0800 4/2/04, John Drewell wrote: >hello Elizabeth, > >I grew up on a farm int the thirties and the man in charge of the >cattle was always the cowman. > >Several of my Drewells in the 19th century called themselves >COWKEEPERS, but later upgraded themselves to DAIRYMEN. >A bit of social climbing, I guess! >..... >John Drewell in Vancouver BC >(searching all DREWELL mentions) -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== OLD-ENGLISH Web Page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/