| 单词 | cattle |
| 例句 | These cattle were descendants of generations of desert cattle, born in dry sand and scrubby mesquite, where they hunted water the way desert antelope did. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z George and Martha curled around the caduceus, which shimmered and changed into something that looked suspiciously like a high-voltage cattle prod. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Rondon not only helped brand the cattle but also deftly hunted the jaguars that preyed on them, and the wild pigs that destroyed the crops. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z We huddle together, complacent as cattle, stamping our feet to stay warm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Animals were also important—sheep, and especially cattle. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He drawls; each word, formed reluctantly and framed in a cattle- country accent, lasts awhile. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z While I was learning to swim, Irene had spent her summers building fences, moving cattle, branding, and helping the neighbors who bordered her parents’ ranch, and their neighbors. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z From where he sat, he could see the cattle pens of the father- in-law’s village and he knew that they would soon be there. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The clay and snow were churned into a muddy trench along the gate where the cattle had milled around, pushing their bony heads against the juniper poles, working for another escape. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He did not expect to find Josiah’s cattle near Herefords, because the spotted cattle were so rangy and wild; but without Betonie he wouldn’t have hoped to find the cattle at all. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In that part of the prairie, you can still make out ruts dug by stagecoaches and cattle drives of the 1800s. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The whiteman was also trying to put the smell of cattle into a bottle. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The agents sped past the old trails that cowboys had once followed—trails that were now supplanted by cattle cars pulled by shrieking locomotives. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “It’s your legal right. His cattle ruined your crop. He owes you the money for it.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Those cattle had trampled everything in their path, saplings, grass, and crops alike. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Our milk cows were all old-time longhorn cattle and didn’t give a lot of milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m looking for some cattle. They belonged to my uncle.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Once upon a time there was a man and his wife who had fine cattle and rich farmland, but no children,” she began. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time his veterinarian friend came back and said he needed just a little more money before these Frankensteins dominated the cattle world, Giebel dutifully anted up. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The cannons are aimed, for the moment, at cattle upon the glacis, and children batting at the sky with sticks. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I heard tell that Blake’s cattle just done lay down and died. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I was old enough, I went with the older boys to protect the cattle as they grazed on the thick grasses around our village. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After horses were cattle, chickens, and then corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The brute devastated the land, destroyed the cattle, killed the men who tried to kill it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was cold along the wall of the cattle car. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Joyce commented: “It was wonderful to see the good fellowship existing between those cattle butchers. No matter where they came from, it was only necessary to be a cattle butcher.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They lost no time, though, in gathering thirty of the best cattle and starting the journey back home. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He slowed the mare to a lope and let the cattle go. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She liked to sit by the train window and watch the thick woods sliding past, the grassy plains unfurling, the cattle swinging their tails as they were herded by bare-chested nomads. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z During the evening of their first day at the cattle post, Dimo’s wife brought water to the hut to wash the hands of the men before they had food. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “See, I’m not going to make the mistake other guys made, buying those Hereford, white-face cattle. If it’s going to be a drought these next few years, then we need some special breed of cattle.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The rivers dried up; the rains refused to fall; the cattle and people died of disease. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And that summer, we would have lost it too if we had been able to go to cattle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the central chamber was a pen containing many cattle and a few goats. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One night I had pulled up at a trucker’s park where huge cattle trucks put up and cleaned their beds; around the park there was a mountain of manure and a fog of flies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no way for us to get any cattle through. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To the industrial food chain, cattle are just machines for turning number 2 field corn into cuts of beef. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There was a mighty silence, in which both sides awaited attack from the other, the protests of the cattle heard down by the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The cattle would be easy to find because they stayed close to the south boundary fence. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, we walked toward the station, where a convoy of cattle cars was waiting. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In South Africa, for example, cattlemen had long been plagued by the blue tick, from which, on one ranch alone, 600 head of cattle had died in one year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z By this time the Indian fighting had become like dangerous cattle drives—the tribes were forced into revolt, driven and decimated, and the sad, sullen remnants settled on starvation lands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked toward the corral for the mare and the cattle, but it was snowing too hard to see anything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We came down out of the mountains and through an oak forest, and there were white cattle grazing in the forest. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They sometimes do this by creeping near the cattle and spreading their urine on the ground. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z These nymphs their gentle mother bred and placed upon Thrinakia, the distant land, in care of flocks and cattle for their father. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The group joked and chattered as they went toward the meadow where the cattle grazed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Percy’s heart did jumping jacks while Chrysaor walked back and forth, inspecting them like prized cattle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A house down, here and there, frightened cattle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, Enrique’s Journey covered in clay and manure dust, he bathes in a cattle trough. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Let’s go have a look at those cattle.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The enormous distended udders of dairy cattle are the result of a human interest in milk and cheese. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The cow-boys were galloping off down the road in the direction they had come from, leaving the cattle and the wagon standing in the middle of the field. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we were coasting the noble island of the god, where grazed those cattle with wide brows, and bounteous flocks of Helios, lord of noon, who rides high heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone’s cattle had gotten out and caused a minor car wreck. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “We brand our cattle, of course, but I’ve never bothered to check to see if any of our slaves carry brands. Is that a common practice, dearie?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He should not have flown, but for this circumstance: His master’s cattle were marked upon their ear, one cut to signify his ownership. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He could also remember cattle, and could tell which beasts came from which place, and who their parents were. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z One of Kaztauskis’s fellow workers had a different way of looking at it: “They get all the blood out of those cattle and all the work out of us men.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We turned like a small herd of cattle and drifted back to our seats. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I thought the cattle were standing or lying in a grayish mud. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Gerda caught up with me and started telling me about the cattle cars that the people were squeezed into. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z One of the cow-boys pushed through the cattle to get close enough to Father to talk. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The brook ran through the hedgerow, and there was a cattle wade in the gap. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Near it a dozen graves were outlined in the sand with small stones, and a barbed-wire fence surrounded them to keep back the cattle and the tumbleweed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z And he took it with him every fall when he went over to Verplancks Point to sell cattle and buy supplies for the store. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cattle pens, filled with animals and their waste, are built around a corn mill. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They have led to illness and death of workers in electrical industries; and more recently, in agriculture, they have been considered a cause of a mysterious and usually fatal disease of cattle. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And of course, Joel has to figure in that different size cattle eat different amounts of grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The halls are nearly empty, the cattle call has passed. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z And eventually it would mean the end of chickens, cattle, and many of the other domesticated species that at this point depend on us for their continued existence— depend, that is, on us eating them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z With the group’s money and the money I had been saving, I bought my mom some cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the five hundred dollar deal was that Ulibarri would deliver the cattle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There I was, someone who’d learned to survive out in the open with the cattle back home, who’d learned to go without food and water all day—and I was helpless. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z He and others in the system referred to this mass arraignment as a “cattle call.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He slowed her to a walk, confident that the cattle would veer through the break in the fence and continue south down the trail off the mountain plateau. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a forest of cork oaks, and the sun came through the trees in patches, and there were cattle grazing back in the trees. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The ranchers became so poor they could not afford to buy feed, and many cattle were just rounded up and shot to death so the stronger ones could have what little grass was left. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, most of the roads in town were unpaved, and in the dry season, the dust kicked up by cattle being herded through town or by farm carts loaded with vegetables swirled through the air. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Relief from blood came when we stopped going to Mr. Green—the cattle killers began demanding payment even for blood. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d told him that there was a drought in the north and my family had lost a lot of cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran southeast, in the direction he wanted them to go, with tails straight out behind their manure-stained haunches, running more like deer than cattle, moving from thicket to thicket for cover, avoiding the clearings. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Between 15 percent and 30 percent of feedlot cattle have damaged livers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A new business emerged—cattle, pigs, and chickens started being stuffed full of corn in large factory-type operations called feedlots. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He was in a good mood after having bought fine cattle, but his smile faded when he saw that his new wife was not in her usual place. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z You listened to the monotonous chewing of cattle, the tepid rustle of water as it fingered its way through the reeds. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Y\\ hat with timber and cattle, Marshall had gotten to be a pretty fair-sized place by then and it had a decent-sized rail yard. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As Ma and Pa drove the cattle onto the slope toward the river, I stood in the door yard, waving madly with my coat and John’s to shoo stragglers toward the road. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z My great-great-grandfather used to graze his cattle as far south as Nakuru, 300 miles from where we live now. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When cattle, chickens, and other animals eat grass—and not just corn or other grains—they are actually healthier for us to eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She now owned her husband’s cattle, and because of this there were many men waiting to marry her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Migrants huddle around the San Jose church like cattle pressed up against a barn seeking protection from a cold winter chill. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Unburdened by a dairy cow's timidity and great bother of fat, she charged the soccer players as if seeking revenge in the name of oppressed cattle the world over. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The Blakes ran some cattle on the other side of the McKenzies. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We couldn’t have a conversation, really: the cattle made too much noise as they tromped along mooing, and we had to shout to hear each other. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mixed with the scents of grass and cattle came the warm, thick smell of a heavy cloud mass, still far off. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As Annabelle runs Highway 12, alongside miles of ranch fencing, and the occasional cattle barn and farmhouse, she tries to envision it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Then, when these disappeared, there was nothing left but the dust, and the cattle began to die. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z When Mackenzie drove into the farmyard later on in the afternoon he was surprised to see the two dogs sleeping in the sun by the shelter of the cattle trough. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In the larger refrigerated chambers, hooks impaled butterflied swine and cattle rimed with frost, their pale ribs gleaming in the shallow light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The land cracked and the springs dried up and the cattle listlessly nibbled dry twigs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But some days he wished he were still back at home herding cattle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z From miles away comes the thunder of big guns, and still the German transport trains are being hit, bending tracks and flipping cattle cars and maiming the fuhrer’s soldiers and filling his officers with fury. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They also raised cattle, goats, ducks, turkeys, terriers, bees, and English bulldogs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Jimmy knew Grandpa Nyles hated barbed wire, but it did keep the neighbors’ cattle out of the horse pastures. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Cebolleta people salvaged lumber and tin from the shack, but they had no use for the barbed wire any more; the last bony cattle wandering the dry canyons had died in choking summer duststorms. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Food production also arose in West Africa and Ethiopia, and by around 2500 B.C. cattle herders had already crossed the modern border from Ethiopia into northern Kenya. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The cattle came upon me with like suddenness, staring out of their eyes, and steaming out of their nostrils, “Halloa, young thief!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Then most of them threaded their way through the cattle and dashed on, leaving two behind. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cattle became thinner and thinner as they nibbled at the last shreds of vegetation. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z They were always ready to start striking with their billy clubs and jabbing with electric cattle prods. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Pointing, she said, “You wouldn’t go to Seth Clemson for the money he owed us. But you’d take his cattle and turn every farmer in the county against us. This makes us ranchers, Gabriel. Ranchers!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “What about raising cattle? Or have you forgotten how to do that since coming to the city?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent the night with Father’s friends, pasturing the cattle in one of their fields. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys hurried to the village and alerted everyone that lions had attacked the cattle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she remembered: the trip in the cattle car, the long hungry days, the heat and the cold, the smell, the dead baby, the tattoo, the shorn hair. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, the boys herded the cattle and goats into a kraal surrounded by thornbushes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When Tayo told Robert he was going north, up into the mountains to look for the cattle, Robert shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Some local people—they were Elgon Masai—had lived inside some of the caves on Mount Elgon and had kept their cattle in the caves. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were dozens of other players wearing them as well, and together they blended into the dry heat of the practice held like lingering cattle waiting to be herded in this or that direction. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If he had seen the cattle on land-grant land or in some Acoma’s corral, he wouldn’t have hesitated to say “stolen.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z People panic like a herd of spooked cattle, men and women pushing against one another to get out of the lecture hall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When they got to the Sedillo fence, they dismounted and walked along a thirty-foot section where the tracks crisscrossed and the cattle had milled around before they broke through the fence. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We were shunted to a side track while another train of cattle cars passed us, going in the opposite direction. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The two went, we are not told why, to the land of some cattle owners, Idas and Lynceus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1941, the business of rounding up Jews and packing them into cattle cars had become routine. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know enough about cattle to tell you if he was bored or miserable. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Nhamo watched with amazement as a herd of cattle was led to a cliff jutting over the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it would be fed to factory-farmed pigs and cattle and even other chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Out across the plain, where the horse and cattle fair would be, some gypsies had camped under the trees. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I’d watched as the sun fed the grass, the grass fed the cattle, and the cattle fed the chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A cowboy rounded up the cattle in Lalao’s finca, and on her side of the fence, Doña Ana led her cow to the shack behind her house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z That nasty epidemic disease affects cattle and many wild cud-chewing mammals, but not humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a fence that could hold the spotted cattle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z At National Beef they slaughter four hundred head of cattle every hour. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I’d say the cattle camp was 18 to 24 miles away, depending on the route, through some rocky areas and a lot of shrubs. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z My world was concentration camps and salt mines, starvation and cattle cars. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Recent evidence suggests that cattle may have been domesticated independently in North Africa, Southwest Asia, and India, and that all three of those stocks have contributed to modern African cattle breeds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z So from then on, every time I came home for vacation, I went to the cattle camp on my own. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Painted on the walls were crude pictures of black cattle marching downward. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He came to a wide gap which had been trodden into mud by cattle. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned to Chicago broke, in a cattle car, and joined the firm of an architect named L. G. Laurean. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the distance he saw the windmill where he and Josiah had chased the spotted cattle after they had wandered through the Acoma fence. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a river nearby, where she could draw water, and the family’s cattle enjoyed the sweet grass which grew by the riverside. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z In that period, Saharans began to tend cattle and make pottery, then to keep sheep and goats, and they may also have been starting to domesticate sorghum and millet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z No lambs are dropped, or calves, and these fat cattle never die. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I was away at boarding schools from the age of six, and when I wasn’t at school I was usually at cattle camp with my brothers and the other men. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Even late in the dry season, these lands hold enough water to grow grasses to feed our cattle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z All sorts of crops grew here: corn, but also fruits and other vegetables, as well as oats, hay, and alfalfa to feed the pigs, cattle, chickens, and horses. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z On the fourth day, all the prisoners are piled onto a cattle truck and driven east. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We had the Clemson cattle to contend with, but Pa never thought of suing for damages like most folks. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z They had not bothered to brand the cattle because they had a bill of sale which acknowledged their Mexican brands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They include cat scratch fever from our cats, leptospirosis from our dogs, psittacosis from our chickens and parrots, and brucellosis from our cattle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Both sides had set fire to each other’s fields and had rustled cattle through mountain passes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Whatever night this was, he still had a big hole cut in their fence, and he had to find the cattle and get them out before the fence riders found the break. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There were cattle ranchers and dairy farmers, too. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Observations on several flocks of sheep and a herd of beef cattle are indicative of the poisoning and death that threatened livestock as well. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Along with the classes for hogs and cattle and home preserves, a category for moths. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Am I to fill my mouth with clay? Am I to be lectured by one who was wetting his loincloth when I was out buying cattle for my family?” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The people had made such traps for a long time because they were easy to build and because they enable one or two people alone to corral many horses or cattle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Since he didn’t know the cattle personally, Tendai’s head began to nod. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z To drum up excitement, Fitzpatrick and Foster tapped talented men to lead—one to solidify support among Johnny Joyce's cattle butchers, another to organize blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Joe had a permit to graze two head of cattle in the National Forest from June through October. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cattle can make some good money, but we didn’t have no money to start up raising cattle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was born in the cattle country near Mexico, and raised by a family that had run beef and then gone into cotton when the big Bureau of Reclamation dams completely transformed the plains country. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were waiting to ambush us because we were in their territory and they thought we had killed their cattle to eat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Try to drive her with the other cattle, and she’d run off and hide. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The mills and cattle were also given to Jeremiah, but the following year, Musaiwale, the oldest brother, forcefully took one mill and half the cows. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Dad was in the air force, and Mom was in the USO, but when they met, she was on leave visiting her parents at their cattle ranch near Fish Creek Canyon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He wanted a boy because boys take care of the cattle—he’d have another herder. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin knew enough Chinese by then to tell the manager of the cattle ranch why he was leaving. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Tabitha treasured that spoon and always hid it inside the luak, the cattle shed, under a log that supported the wall. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z By giving antibiotics to the millions of cattle in the U.S. we are actually breeding new superbacteria that can’t be killed by antibiotics. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The village gathers, and the young men sing songs they’ve made up themselves—songs praising the elders or their families or the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Calvin says, “Well, it is a holy cow. Sort of. It’s called an aurochs. It’s like an ox. Or the ancestor to our cattle. But the aurochs is extinct now. You know. Gone forever.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He looked at the hill where the cattle had disappeared, and fumbled untying the saddle strings; he pulled the bedroll loose and reached into the folds of the blankets. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The cattle stopped going forward and began milling around. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had chipped it into the base of the marble to identify himself as owner, much as brands are burned into the hides of cattle to identify their owners. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmers developed techniques such as locking animals inside pens and cages, bridling them in harnesses and leashes, training them with whips and cattle prods, and mutilating them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He lowered the cattle prod, and it turned back to a staff. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Hundreds of miles of barbed-wire fence marked boundaries and kept the cattle and horses from wandering. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I discovered the almost mystical attachment that the Xhosa have for cattle, not only as a source of food and wealth, but as a blessing from God and a source of happiness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Optimistic ranchers were predicting an “open winter”—a season so bland that cattle could graze during the whole of it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood feeling the sun on his face the way the cattle did, until she turned and faced him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Basically, almost all of the cattle in the feedlot are sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Gathering the spotted cattle was only one color of sand falling from the fingertips; the design was still growing, but already long ago it had encircled him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Illegal deforestation makes it worse. Land that has been cleared for development—cattle grazing, clearing for lumber—increases the likelihood of burning. Another stress.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Our intimacy with cattle has been going on for the 9,000 years since we domesticated them—ample time for the rinderpest virus to discover us nearby. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It sucked off boots and shoes and ruined the brake linings on cars and trucks; it built up crippling deposits under horse and cattle hooves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Until the previous night, old Betonie’s vision of stars, cattle, a woman, and a mountain had seemed remote; he had been wary, especially after he found the stars, and they were in the north. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Lush tall grasses spread as far as the eye could see, a rolling green expanse that was disturbed only by a few small, rusted oil pumps and by cattle grazing here and there. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Piatra Neamț was nestled in the shadow of the Carpathian Mountains, with an economy built on logging and cattle raising, not the farming of sunflowers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She stepped closer to the cattle, bending down to inspect their bellies and legs, walking a half circle in the muddy snow, looking at all of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “And did you pay ten cattle?” inquired the muvuki in a quiet voice. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He entered a world of clamor, smoke, and steam, refulgent with the scents of murdered cattle and pigs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We run toward the tracks, but instead of gathering on the sidelines, we are shoved into the waiting cattle car ourselves. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In order to get them away from ticks, the cattle had been taken down to the lowlands. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They lived in a log cabin, in the desolate hill country outside Austin, where they herded cattle and scratched the earth for whatever food it might yield. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Throughout the day the solitude remained unbroken by noise, men, tractors or even cattle, and they began to feel still more deeply what they owed to Fiver’s insight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was looking for some trace of the cattle, manure or some sign they had been there. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The cattle had to come from the far fringe of the ranch to drink and then go out again to feed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z This was a very great talent, and people who heard him talking about cattle would stand there with their mouths open in wonderment. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z When cattle eat the leaves of a grass, the plant will kill off some of its roots, to balance itself out. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But it was hard to drive cattle in snow, and it was hard to pasture them along the way, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z These first owners lived in poor feudal settlements, and their cattle ranged freely and multiplied. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z John shouted back, but Pa headed into the field, hollering and waving a coiled rope to scare the cattle east. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Since cattle were almost never killed, the difficulty rarely came up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The cattle were all gone, probably driven off when they left. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Past the gatehouses we turned left over a cattle guard and onto a dirt perimeter road that led to the far side of the campsite. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The latest arrivals in the cattle cars had not been placed in barracks. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After he started over in the cattle business again, he often slept in a tent on the cold, windy plains, alone in his fury. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He spent a year with foster parents in Archer City, but when three-quarters of the family’s cattle died off, they sent him back to the boys’ home. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Eighty or so cattle were bunched together in a section of a much larger field. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Other trucks headed back along the many primitive dirt roads that led to National Forest land where permit cattle grazed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We herded the cattle into pens, and untied the poor hogs and turned them loose in the hog pens, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All that summer, while Josiah and Tayo watched the cattle and the sheep camp, and Robert worked in the fields each day, Rocky read magazines and ran laps at the baseball diamond twice a day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In a few minutes the roads and houses disappeared, and the only traces of human settlement were the cattle scattered over the savanna like sprinkles on ice cream. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And at the end of their meal there’d be nothing left to clean up, since the cattle would spread their waste exactly where it would do the most good. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Up on the green, green hill rising to the west I could see a small herd of cattle grazing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Men drove swine and cattle, while others hauled massive blocks of ice for cold storage or dragged handcarts loaded with goods. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They tended the crops and watched over the cattle, just as ordinary children did during the daytime. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z After that they fetched a milk cow, belonging to Rafael Maestas, that had bucked like hell last year if you zapped her in the udder—just before the chute gate opened—with a cattle prod. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had got a good price for the cattle and had negotiated for most of the other things he wanted to bring back to Redding. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With my brothers, it was all man talk: the cattle, the weather, the grazing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z School was so different from life in the village and the cattle camp. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking about the cattle business,” he said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Should he have paid cash for the thousand head of hybrid cattle? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Or they need the land to live on or for grazing their cattle and goats or for building their houses. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Every night, for a few minutes after he got in bed, he’d read about cattle breeding in the books the extension agent had loaned to him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Down in the locker were a few cattle and sheep and pigs and horses hanging from iron hooks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some carried cattle prods that could deliver a painful electric shock without leaving a telltale mark. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard whispers around me: “We must do something. We can’t let them kill us like that, like cattle in the slaughterhouse. We must revolt.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “And these cattle . . . “The people in Cubero called her the Night Swan. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He tore over the crest and down toward the cattle shed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance up ahead he occasionally caught glimpses of the cattle, trotting steadily; they appeared in clearings and disappeared into oak thickets again, still following the south boundary fence to the east. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He was blowing little puffs of smoke from the thin cigarette he had rolled; he looked very satisfied too, as if he were satisfied with everything that morning, even that his cattle had wandered away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “My uncle was looking for cattle that could survive drought and hard years.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The hazards discovered in treating cattle would presumably apply to the dog. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We were about as hard to follow as a herd of cattle, but I try to be kind. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “She said something to me once. About our eyes. Hazel- green eyes. I never understood. Was she bad, like Auntie kept saying? Did the cattle kill him—did I let the cattle kill him?” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He had been so intent on finding the cattle that he had forgotten all the events of the past days and past years. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I found a stick in the treeline at the edge of the field and began driving the cattle home. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I rode a cattle truck from Marsabit to Nairobi, just the way I had for my interview. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do we have to be in these cattle cars?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Although it was the rainy season and everything was green, there was disease in the area, and people were worried about the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z In days of old, this might have involved a cattle raid or even a battle, but in our time the deeds were more mischievous than martial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Like everyone else, we slaughtered the cattle early. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once tied down and paid, he was exceeding pleased with the whole proceedings, and merrily instructed us where we might find his cattle and pigs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Much of that goes to feeding America’s 100 million beef cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z All of the sentinel animals remained healthy, and the blood and tissue samples from the other animals, insects, birds, Masai people, and their cattle showed no signs of Marburg virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly it was cheaper to feed corn to cattle, instead of raising them on hay or grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The close similarity of the measles virus to the rinderpest virus suggests that the latter transferred from cattle to humans and then evolved into the measles virus by changing its properties to adapt to us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On December 22 American soldiers on patrol spotted Honeyman, a big man with a cattle whip in his hand. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They speak about buying slaves the same way they discuss the purchase of cattle or supplies, Polly noticed, surprised at how uncomfortable that made her feel. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Joel wouldn’t begin slaughtering cattle and turkeys till later in the summer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He had made a promise to Josiah to help with the Mexican cattle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Crops grow, and cattle and goats are well fed and produce lots of milk or meat or babies. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The next morning we walked down to the cattle guard and said our good-byes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The cut in the fence was a good twenty feet wide, large enough for the cattle to find. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They don’t keep cattle or grow gardens big enough to produce food to get them through the dry season. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Wild cherry, the leaves of which are highly poisonous, has exerted a fatal attraction for cattle once its foliage has been sprayed with 2,4-D. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The cattle had been driven from the trap in the arroyo to the corral, where they could water in the pond. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But if the sickness got more of our cattle, I wouldn’t know what to do. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten thousand years ago, not more than a few million sheep, cattle, goats, boars and chickens lived in restricted Afro-Asian niches. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Appraising me, running her eyes over my points like a judge at a cattle show. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It seemed more likely to find the spotted cattle in the south, far far in the south—the direction they had always gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Another cattle car awaited me, and so did another camp, but at least I had gotten away from Moonface for good. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Usually, there would be plenty of people along the way, in villages and cattle camps. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They even lost their cattle to disease borne by tsetse flies in the forest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z An SS officer shot the man through the wall of the cattle car, and he no longer had to worry about not being able to breathe. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z For instance, Native American societies became renowned for their mastery of horses, and in some cases of cattle and sheepherding, in parts of the Great Plains, the western United States, and the Argentine pampas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Heard him tell Ma the Clemson cattle ran the fence again, ate up the north field of corn. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Around his village, Loun-Ariik, enough grass and shrubs grew to feed the grazing cattle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Augeas had thousands of cattle and their stalls had not been cleared out for years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind his desk, a bay window overlooked the cattle carcasses swinging down the conveyer system linked to the killing floor above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z That was a lot of cattle for them—it’s an expensive school. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When he turned away from the sun to mount the mare, he saw the spotted cattle, grazing in a dry lake flat below the ridge. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Many of Alexandra’s poor flocked to Mr. Green to buy various parts of cattle —heads, entrails, hooves and heavy bones with scraps of meat on them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They not only taxed the lands and the cattle of the Cossacks but also their churches and religious customs. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There were vegetable gardens, cattle and goat pens, and fields of lucerne for the animals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Khoisan peoples of southern Africa had already acquired sheep and cattle a few centuries ahead of the Bantu advance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Dalton, the cattle guy from 10, conducts the ceremony, since it’s similar to the one used in his district. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z From there, they would go to the top floor, where the cattle were slaughtered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The kids didn’t have to take the cattle too far to graze. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Come! Let us go on! The thought of those merry young folk driven like cattle burns my heart.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They would breed these cattle, special cattle, not the weak, soft Herefords that grew thin and died from eating thistle and burned-off cactus during the drought. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z No wonder you brooded a lot about the personalities of your cattle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Ethan said, "It's a theatrical saying. It means an open audition. Even if they mean people, they call it a cattle call." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The corn was tough—Old Man Wilson grew it as feed for his cattle—but if you chewed it enough, you could get it down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If they didn’t cut down trees, they could not grow crops or feed cattle. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Others immersed the carcasses in long vats of salt water murky with the blood and fluids of the cattle that had come before them. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z After all, it was protein, and cattle need protein to grow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Like a herd of cattle stampeding through my head.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Usually cattle belch a lot to release the gas. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We’d never butchered eight head of cattle at one time, and we didn’t have the hanging space for them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The spider scrambled to the cattle guard and disappeared between the bars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And the suitors mad with fear at her great sign stampeded like stung cattle by a river when the dread shimmering gadfly strikes in summer, in the flowering season, in the long-drawn days. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But there are other costs involved in raising cattle this way, costs that shoppers don’t see when they buy a steak at the supermarket. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Encircling the property, contentedly grazing on the rich land, was a herd of at least fifty cattle and perhaps five hundred sheep. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited for him where I knew he’d bring the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z He was supposed to be helping with the cattle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I went out to the pen and gazed over the sea of ninety black Angus cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “We’re not ranchers, Mary Eve. We’ve got a few head of cattle. Not even enough to call a herd. Besides, it’s not like we’re the only folks taking such a deal.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He’d slaughter his cattle and hogs here too if only the government would let him. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We woke up before the sun, hitched the oxen to the wagon, herded the cattle out of the Platt’s pasture where they had spent the night, and started off again on the road toward Peekskill. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Here the gigantic cattle trucks rested and scraped out the residue left by their recent cargoes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We all slept out under the stars in the cattle camp—no bed, just a cowhide spread on bare soil. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Cattle raised on grass simply take longer to grow than cattle raised on com. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “They wanted these Mexican cattle because they are fast and tough. And no loss to them when they happen to break the legs or the neck.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The cattle went about the business of feeding, while a few goats milled among them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In childhood, he rode in the last of the great cattle drives; at thirteen, he was already a skilled horse breaker. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As they came up to the cattle still milling about on the road they reined up sharply. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Domesticated chickens and cattle may well be an evolutionary success story, but they are also among the most miserable creatures that ever lived. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He arrived from Long Beach, California, at the beginning of January, in a country where cattle often freeze to death, and he was of course a prisoner of war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Twelve hours a day, seven days a week, the mill noisily turns America’s river of corn into cattle feed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The next thing we knew, Proud was back, and we got a letter asking for cattle to pay for a murder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They heard a noise—the lowing of distant cattle—and they looked at each other and grinned the grins of hungry men who would eat that night. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Most of those inhabitants depended on ranching, but various droughts made survival almost impossible because of the lack of grazing land for cattle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Slaves who ran away and lived beyond the control of the planters were called “maroons”—from the Spanish word cimarron for cattle that escaped and lived in the wild. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z They would be busy with this new work, so the entire village was to help them with their crops and cattle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They shared stories about the old days cowboying, and the operative accompanied Hale as he inspected his herds of cattle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “They are marking us. Branding us like the cattle in those American pictures Yanek likes so much! Next they’ll be taking all our money. Mina, tell your husband.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom said that when she was growing up on the ranch, they never named the cattle, because they knew they would have to kill them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was filled with men and boys milling around like nervous cattle herded into a goat pen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If it didn’t start raining soon, all the livestock would have to be sold, like in the thirties, when buyers came from Albuquerque and Gallup and bought the cattle and sheep for almost nothing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There were rackets and rods, balls and bats, and even ropes—for jumping Double Dutch or lassoing cattle, I guess. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Even dealings with cattle rustlers and horse thieves had to be compromised; they were shot instead of hanged because there weren’t any trees tall enough from which to let them swing. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Even for Kumalo that was a very large number of cattle, but he agreed with the father that he would give them to him in return for the privilege of marrying his daughter. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I kept on walking, passing paddocks filled with horses, cows, and shaggy-furred cattle that I realized must be buffalos. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Roosevelt threw himself into the physical demands of cattle roundups, bronco busting, and buffalo and grizzly bear hunting. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z In Warsaw, Poland, they saw emaciated Jews living behind thick ghetto walls topped with barbed wire, and men, women, and children thrust into cattle cars, marked for the concentration camps. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The bull neck of the man reminded the boy of the bull he had seen die in the cattle chute at the big house where his father worked. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They grew vegetables, had cattle, made whiskey, and sold a little tobacco. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert nodded; he was busy with the fields at New Laguna, and, this way, Tayo could look after the cattle and new calves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The visitors paid as much attention to their animals as Garikayi’s clan did to cattle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In the area, there were two small primary schools, a general store, and a dipping tank to rid the cattle of ticks and diseases. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no ticks, so you don’t have to worry about the health of the cattle, but the area is known for its fierce lions. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had finished with the cattle, there was always the sheep camp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A number of deaths among cattle have been traced to sprayed weeds, according to some agricultural specialists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Like all good Dinka, my family raised cattle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The tenth labor was to bring back the cattle of Geryon, who was a monster with three bodies living on Erythia, a western island. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only worth the risk if I were sure where the commissary was: otherwise we might just as well eat the cattle, ourselves. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Another line of red cattle wagons sat on tracks behind ours. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They saw specks of huts clustered inside circles of thornbush, with cattle trails radiating from the huts. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father paid several cattle for my mother, and later the two got a certificate at the Marriage Court.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We could not return the cattle, as they had already been accepted, so the family decided that Mabel would take Baliwe’s place, and she did so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z People have been killed by pigs, horses, camels, and cattle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Grinding engine noises from passing trucks only partly drowned out the mournful bellowing of some doomed cattle just a few yards down the road. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He owned many head of cattle and worked as their village’s judge—an honored, respected position. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The word baas means “move” in Afrikaans, but it is customarily reserved for cattle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z By winter’s end the bedding, and the cattle, can be as much as three feet off the ground. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “This river runs through Regalia as well. Our cattle live off the plants, but they are unfit for humans to eat,” said Solovet. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t have any use for school—he wanted us home, helping to raise the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z What he meant was that we needed to breed more cattle, and I had planned that, at least, from the beginning. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It would take us three days to drive the cattle over and three days to come back. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Blake said, “Well, I went to cattle and you know what happened to me.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, hundreds of the cherry-colored cattle were grazing the side of a hill. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then they imported herds of cattle from Mexico and became vaqueros. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Today the world contains about a billion sheep, a billion pigs, more than a billion cattle, and more than 25 billion chickens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z From this distance they looked as placid as cattle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Occasionally I sighted a handful of scrawny cattle, goats and pigs grazing on stubbles of dry brush. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The law was intended to reduce overgrazing by cattle, but its impact would be to further abridge land for Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But this was the big day for judging cattle, quilts, and cookery, so the grounds were packed, though it was a nickel to get in. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The three gods looked all around them, but there was no one else in the valley, only themselves and the cattle. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z We had to cross through a real cattle car in order to exit the room. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z An endless series of cattle pens stretched to the horizon, each one home to a hundred or so animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Some of these are normally ignored by cattle, but are eaten with relish after treatment with 2,4-D. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if he knew anything about driving cattle or not, but I was willing to bet that he could keep her from chasing me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be more milk for everybody, and the new cattle would improve our breeding stock. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Ditshabe and his uncles were ordered to go the cattle post and choose thirty head of cattle to bring back for the celebrations. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z There were some more cattle grazing near the shore of the fifth, and largest, lake. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that he’d come from down San Antonio way with a litde bunch of cattle that he was grazing over in the Devil’s River country. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “It always rests my eyes to see a fine herd of cattle,” Baba Joseph said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z An infinitely long train, composed of roofless cattle cars. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “You act a man’s part while I’m gone, and I’ll see that you get a man’s horse to ride when I sell the cattle. I think we can shake on that deal.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time I had stood watching a herd of cattle eat their supper I was standing up to my ankles in cow manure in Poky Feeders pen number 43. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He would have only one chance to drive the cattle through the hole in the fence, and while he searched desperately for the opening, they could scatter in every direction. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They learn responsibility through taking care of goats and cattle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a nice, quiet afternoon, with cattle grazing in front of the family compound and Nyanriak in the yard grinding millet—a kind of grain we Dinka eat a lot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Huge open fields with herds of dairy cattle grazing in them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When a man makes his fortune in oil or government contracts, in chemicals or wholesale groceries, his first act is to buy a ranch, the largest he can afford, and to run some cattle. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We said our good-byes to Eurytion, Tyson pulled the cattle guard off the hole, and we dropped back into the maze. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The cattle stood motionless in the thick yellow light from the edge of the sun, visible above the horizon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “While we were gone. He died because there was no one to help him search for the cattle after they were stolen.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z So it was that even before the cattle call, The Souls began the intensive training of Ginger. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to go until I was sure: if I ran into Rebels I’d lose the cattle and probably be put in prison myself. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She designed the silks that would become legendary: crimson-and-white cap, white sleeves, and a crimson vest emblazoned with the Ridgewood cattle brand, an H inside a large white triangle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The older boys kept watch over the cattle, while my friends and I played with our toys. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a long way to the cattle post, and Ditshabe and the uncles were very tired when they arrived. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z And I have never crossed it without sharing something with those early families foot-dragging through this terrestrial hell, leaving the white skeletons of horses and cattle which still mark the way. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The ghost also claimed that Hermes had once hidden the stolen cattle of Apollo in that cave. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ground-up cattle brains were put into cattle feed and some of those cows got mad cow disease. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The state of the crops, the price of fat cattle, the mysterious ailments of swine, I relish them all. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Hence those antelope cannot be maintained in crowded enclosures in captivity, as can sheep or goats or cattle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Because the cattle don’t wipe out their favorite types of grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z At the fence, we watched the cattle mill around, stirring up dust and knocking into the wood. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z They would give the strangers whatever weapons or pigs or cattle they’d saved from destruction, and the strangers would give them an outbuilding, the worst of their food, and some straw. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z You might be as shocked as I was to learn that they are also fed parts of other cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Moira got hold of her cattle prod and her whistle, ordering Aunt Elizabeth to unclip them from her belt. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I went out to the barn to look the cattle over more carefully, in case any of them had been hurt. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the older boys to my mother’s hut, because we have a lot of cattle and a lot of milk. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Beef cattle still get born on thousands of independently owned ranches like theirs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I thought maybe we'd arrived too late and had missed the main attraction, but then someone opened the door of the cattle trailer and a vachette raced down the ramp and pounded onto the field. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If we lost our cattle, we’d be in a lot of trouble because we’d have no way of getting rum and the things we needed to run the store and the tavern. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if they do exist, they’re livestock, as you say. That makes it possible for them to be slaughtered like chickens or cattle.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sam Meeker sent me. He’s been arrested as a cattle thief.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The grasses in the new paddock were thigh-high and lush, and the cattle plainly couldn’t wait to get at them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The family hung the prizes in their luak, a round Dinka cattle pen with a thatched roof. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z As his train passed one ranch in Colorado, Joe watched men shooting starved cattle and tipping the carcasses into huge trenches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tayo kept thinking about the cattle and the gaping hole in the fence; but they didn’t act as if they had noticed anything except him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Some of them decided to stay. Later, more came to stay. They farmed and raised cattle and sheep. They forced our people off their own lands.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z There was a glimpse of barbed wire stretched across the water and they guessed that this must surround a cattle wade, like the one in the little brook near the home warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z While she gathered plants, he watched the cattle grazing in the tall yellow rice grass that grew above the arroyo just to the edge of the juniper trees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Technically speaking, the great majority of the “yaks” one sees in the Himalaya are actually dzopkyo—male crossbreeds of yaks and cattle—or dzom, female crossbreeds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She had trouble sleeping, so she walked Cuttyhunk at all hours, visiting her sheep and cattle, which roamed the island freely everywhere except the gated places where most of the people lived. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z And of course the merchants there wanted cattle to ship down to New York where there was a need for beef. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She heard the lowing of cattle and smelled their earthy breath on the wind. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the wild, most chickens and cattle died long before that, but they still had a fair chance of living for a respectable number of years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Many thousands of others boarded trains and jammed the bright yellow cars, dubbed “cattle cars,” built by the Illinois Central to haul as many people as possible to the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The fiddler crab, that small and picturesque crustacean whose hordes move over mud flats or sand flats like grazing cattle, has no defense against the sprayers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The earliest advance over human muscle power was the use of animals—cattle, horses, and donkeys—to pull plows and to turn wheels for grinding grain, raising water, and irrigating or draining fields. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This time I walked to the railroad bridge, and I saw the cattle cars, the throngs of people, the dogs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But when they saw how the cattle kept moving, Josiah got worried and decided to brand them in case they got off reservation land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a chute so that hay might be pitched down to the cattle. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Set back on the land were pens for cattle, sheep and hogs; and around and about were sheds and houses belonging to the men who worked the docks and shipped the livestock. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They reached the cattle post and Diepetsana saw that there was no sign of his brother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Tyson solved that problem by hitting the cattle guard with both hands. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His parents were taken to the railroad station where they were loaded into cattle cars and deported. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z On May 31,1910, in the wheat and cattle country of Cardston, Alberta, Rose was midway through her labor with George when her husband interrupted the doctor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Horses and cattle mosdy, but all sorts of exotic varieties, too.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He said: “When the gasoline is gone, cattle can pull the plow.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “The ones who stole the cattle beat him up, and then they said he’d stolen the cattle himself and marched him off somewhere.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Only later did domesticates derived from indigenous species of the Indian subcontinent, such as humped cattle and sesame, appear in Indus Valley farming communities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On horseback you could ride it in a day, but we’d have not only the cattle but the wagon drawn by oxen with us. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Fences had never stopped the speckled cattle either, but there was no sign they had been there. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z None of our ancestors, as far as I could tell from our distorted history, had ever been shackled and considered chattel, bred and traded like cattle, as the ancestors of the American black had been. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not like the cattle business and she was pleased to have a scientific reason for the way she felt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A third man came up now: Philoxtios the cattle foreman, with an ox behind him and fat goats for the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d been selling cattle to pay my school fees, and between that and the drought, there weren’t many left. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not to stay out at the post, but they were to come back as soon as they could, driving the cattle ahead of them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Yet in the case of animals such as cattle, sheep and Sapiens, each with a complex world of sensations and emotions, we have to consider how evolutionary success translates into individual experience. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he couldn’t afford to hire riders, so he’d brought along a couple of dogs to help him herd his cattle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He’ll go look to see if the grass is good and for signs of predators or people who may want to steal the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z At ten years old, he was riding bareback on cattle roundups with the other cowboys. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Slaughtering four hundred head of cattle an hour would promptly come to an end—for who could stand the sight? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Carl worked there seventy-six hours a week, selling goods to local farmers for their chickens, cattle, and hogs. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z And north of Pando is the Brazilian state of Acre, which is also lightly inhabited, but which has seen much of its forest removed to create cattle ranches. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The men and older boys would be out grazing cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z At the back was an entire village, with fine houses and pens of cattle and goats. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Following Homo sapiens, domesticated cattle, pigs and sheep are the second, third and fourth most widespread large mammals in the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z You wouldn’t mistake Joel’s cattle for show cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There are seats on these trains; they’re not cattle cars—like the kind I’ve seen in my history textbooks—carrying people to their deaths. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The natural lifespan of wild chickens is about seven to twelve years, and of cattle about twenty to twenty-five years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They drove across a cattle guard gate in the woven wire fence. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z They were just starting on it when two larger rabbits came running across from the other side of the nearby cattle wade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As she drew near, she saw a door in the side of the hill, and from the opening came a rumbling sound and the lowing of cattle. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they gathered their cattle, burned a trail brand on their hips, and pulled out on the long trail to Kansas. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Tsetse flies carried a sickness that killed cattle, horses, pigs, goats, and donkeys. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Use of animal systemics has concentrated chiefly on control of the cattle grub, a damaging parasite of livestock. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Crammed into cattle cars by the Hungarian police, they cried silently. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z After driving through a cattle gate, he stopped at another set of historical markers. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z She started crying and when I asked her what was wrong, she raised her arm pointing at the cattle car right in front of us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z One of the problems the nomads have with school is that we move our villages and the cattle, but the school stays in one place. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z In a year or two, we had enough cotton to trade in for some cattle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The cattle rolled their eyes and bellowed, but they had no choice but to go forward until one after the other, they tumbled into the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be worse this winter, too. Have you got any cattle, Tim?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cattle prod’s on the table, its thong around her wrist. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought the two women deliberately; he probably chose them with the same care and shrewdness with which he chose the other livestock—the horses and mules and cattle—which he bought later on. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mexican cattle settled down and moved more slowly, but they still had little regard for fences. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The superintendent, a guard in his thirties, wandered among the seamstresses like a buyer at a cattle auction. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “It will help you,” I said, and then I took off in the direction of the other cattle camp. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z He stops at the foot, his fingers encircling the ankle, briefly, like a bracelet, where the tattoo is, a Braille he can read, a cattle brand. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But a week later, when they went to check on the cattle, they didn’t find them around the windmill where they had unloaded them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then they went back and told their families about her beauty and about how many cattle Kumalo had given her father. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He ran down the field and over the brook to the cattle wade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was a young boy, my great-uncle Aleer-Manguak was killed while trying to protect our cattle from a lion. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z From a narrow evolutionary perspective, which measures success by the number of DNA copies, the Agricultural Revolution was a wonderful boon for chickens, cattle, pigs and sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I doubted I would ever get used to being discussed like cattle at the market. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z During that last summer they had ridden across these flats to round up the speckled cattle and brand the calves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Even in reasonably good years there was so little feed that the cattle kept thin running about looking for enough to eat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They had brought cattle and sheep, dairy butter and cheese, whatever had been their portion after giving what was due to the lord of the manor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z For years, leftover beef scraps were ground up and put into cattle feed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Most were sheep bones, but there were horses too, and cattle, and now and again a human skull, or a headless skeleton with weeds poking up through its rib cage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But corn isn’t the only thing the cattle are fed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There, with the huddled masses, she and her son are herded through cattle pens to be examined by doctors for sickness or disease. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We traveled by cattle car again, and again prisoners died of starvation and suffocation along the way. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m supposed to be in Danbury buying cattle. They sent me down from Cambridge with Captain Champion, the commissary officer because I’m from around here.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Sara and Aunt Elizabeth patrolled; they had electric cattle prods slung on thongs from their leather belts. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They lowered their great heads, and the evening air filled with the muffled sounds of smacking lips, tearing grass, and the low snuffling of contented cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z For the next ten months, Shin stayed where the pig farmer had left him, tending cattle in mountain pastures and sleeping on a ranch-house floor with two surly Chinese cowhands. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Fence cutters struck under the cover of night, snipping through barbed wire and spurring the cattle to stampede into the fields. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The buildings are flat and ugly, and the pens, crammed with panicked, lowing cattle and filthy, snuffing pigs, butt right up against the tracks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Dark earth instead may take to her cold bed a few brave suitors who preyed upon your cattle. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They checked on the speckled cattle once a week to see if they had left the canyons around the springs; but the cattle seemed content to stay there, at least for the winter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The cattle lay drowsing all day long under the willows and only moved out at night to feed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We might as well be sitting on a herd of cattle here. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Hale had once caught him stealing his cattle and, to teach his nephew a lesson, filed charges against him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “It may not be too steep. I read a well-researched book about three pigs who followed cattle drovers across prairies and over mountains on a trek to Montana.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Did he think it through as carefully as he should have when he took a multi-million-dollar position on a method of breeding “super cattle” by hormone injection and embryonic implant? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Constance pointed out that none of them were antelopes eating canteloupes, or textbooks with hexed looks, or cattle from Seattle. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z This time Tayo could see something different, although they walked up the valley together as they had when Robert came before, looking at the spotted cattle, examining the calves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The range cattle staggered under their fat and their hides shone with health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tayo swung open the big gate to the cattle chute and Robert opened the door on the truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t care less about the Jews and others being rounded up and taken away in crowded cattle cars. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I would think about my mother, my brothers, and my friends, and about the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z A mourning dove called from the tall grass along the wash, and below the cliffs the speckled cattle were grazing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I told him about how we lived and about the drought and how we had lost a lot of cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “It says, ‘I’m sorry for losing the cattle.’” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The spotted cattle wouldn’t be lost any more, scattered through his dreams, driven by his hesitation to admit they had been stolen, that the land—all of it—had been stolen from them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Knowing she wouldn’t stand by to watch cattle trample our crops, my fear turned to confusion and I sidled up to Ma. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z A rich man like Mzizi, who had many cattle, would normally be expected to have many children. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z As Nali drove over uneven surfaces or cattle guards, something in the bags would jingle brightly. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z By now the cattle were wandering around all over the place. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no longer a supply of foreign laborers to mold steel, unload lumber ships, or slaughter cattle. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The feed was deep in January, and in February the hills were fat with grass and the coats of the cattle looked tight and sleek. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her family had raised sugar beets, cattle, hay, and corn. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z An organic label does not guarantee that cattle have spent any time in a real pasture, any more than “free- range” chickens really range freely. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But there were no cattle in the fields and no horses, and houses everywhere were empty and dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We passed lots of Basques with oxen, or cattle, hauling carts along the road, and nice farmhouses, low roofs, and all white-plastered. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They raise cattle and sheep, grow wheat, milo, grass seed, and sugar beets. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Why wasn’t there at least one African hunter-gatherer tribe that domesticated those zebras and buffalo and that thereby gained sway over other Africans, without having to await the arrival of Eurasian horses and cattle? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He strained to see if the cattle were still in sight, wondering if the riders had seen them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z This layer cake of manure, woodchips, and straw gradually rises beneath the cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The problem was the books were written by white people who did not think about drought or winter blizzards or dry thistles, which the cattle had to live with. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z As for livestock, Eurasian sheep made it possible to extend food production to arid areas of Australia unsuitable for agriculture, and Eurasian cattle joined crops in moister areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “They’re like cattle running after greener grass. They scuttle north and south across my fields. Oh, yes,” he said when Matt raised his eyebrows. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The advance of cattle, sheep, and goats halted for 2,000 years at the northern edge of the Serengeti Plains, while new types of human economies and livestock breeds were being developed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When the train finally stopped outside Dachau, we were taken out of the cattle cars. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Would I tell her that the Soviets had forced us into cattle cars and held us prisoner for six weeks with barely any food or water? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Now, that day tranquil cattle with broad brows were grazing near, and soon the men drew up around their chosen beasts in ceremony. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody could remember those days when, even though they had lost much communal land, they had still been allowed permits to run cattle and sheep and goats galore in the National Forest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were more valuable to him than his cattle even, and, as be valued his cattle more than anything else except his children, this was saying a good deal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped to wait for a herd of cattle crossing the road, driven by Kikuyu boys holding switches. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I talked about cattle, it was like “What are you talking about?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the local people or the cattle tested positive for Marburg antibodies—if they had tested positive, it would have shown that they had been exposed to Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But they felt to Hannah, all crushed together, like cattle going to be slaughtered for the market. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The cattle Ulibarri sold them were exactly what they had been thinking about. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Cheaper! What is it worth—to be packed in there like cattle? You call that cheap?” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Plants died and the grasses rotted, cattle and sheep crept to the river that was no more and perished there for lack of water, lizards and squirrels lay prone and gasping in the blistering sunlight. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the open doorway, I caught a glimpse of line after line of cattle carcasses, butterflied with their ribs exposed like spread fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The yellow cattle cars were mostly empty, as were the cars of the Alley L that ran along Sixty-third Street. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I had plenty of friends in the village, and like me, they spent their days grazing the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Introduced cattle and goats, kept in small numbers, suffer from tropical diseases, just as do European people themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “The river valley filled with cattle as I headed for the bridge. Thought they’d run me down.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z These poor people are being shipped off to filthy slaughterhouses like a herd of sick and neglected cattle. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Their cattle died in the drought in the summer of 1907. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had made it to my destination—Poky Feeders, a feedlot and home to thirty-seven thousand head of cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There was a fragrance of new hay and the warm reassuring smell of cattle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Three times a day a parade of dump trucks fills up with this feed and carries it to the cattle pens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Periodically the owners killed the cattle for their hides and tallow and left the meat to the vultures and coyotes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He shifted down to second gear and crossed the cattle guard by the old graveyard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Powerful smells of straw and cow dung mingled with those of elm leaves, ashes and cattle feed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He would take the cattle home again, and they would follow the plans Josiah had made and raise a new breed of cattle that could live in spite of drought and hard weather. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I also remembered another time, when I was at a cattle camp with my uncle and my mother and sister. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Kumalo had gone to a far place to buy cattle and would not be back until the next day—it would be safe for them to make the new wife work. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He talked to farmers about breeding cattle and sheep. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If he followed the cattle too closely or pushed them too fast, they might break and scatter; they might miss the opening in the fence. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The cows all belong to different cattle families, and those in the same family look alike. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z It was woody and not attractive to the cattle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But something inside him made him hesitate to say it now that the cattle were on a white man’s ranch. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Sam Meeker, cattle thief, was to be shot. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been hunted by bloodhounds, shocked by cattle prods, chewed by police dogs, peppered lightly with shotgun pellets. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Okay, so maybe I drank a little whiskey, but it’s not like I had anything to do with the fiasco in the cattle— Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Ordinary cattle would have stayed near the water unless there had been rain or many other places for water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Clearly Joel’s cattle knew what was about to happen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Only gradually, as the Bantu multiplied and incorporated cattle and dry-climate cereals into their economy, did they fill in the leapfrogged areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It goes over a bridge and passes cattle pastures with large rolls of hay. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I suppose this cattle is going to end up in Lobsterback stomachs.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Spanish landfalls in the Americas were at subtropical latitudes highly suitable for food production, based at first mostly on Native American crops but also on Eurasian domestic animals, especially cattle and horses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the dark he thought of the bull-necked man crumpled on the floor in the cake crumbs, like the strangled bull in the cattle chute, and he walked faster. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig, crouched close to Blackberry in the straw of the cattle shed, leaped to flight at the sound of the shot two hundred yards up the lane. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z During all my months of ciphering, I had counted on selling my grain to the miller at grain prices, not to the odd farmer as cattle feed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Some prisoners were tortured with electric cattle prods as punishment for violations of the prison’s rule. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The horse- guard wasp hovers above herds of grazing cattle, destroying the blood-sucking flies that torment them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It felt good to ride the train this time, to sit in a passenger car, in a plush seat, not crammed in a cattle car. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z With all the Rebel troops around it was too risky trying to move cattle anywhere. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured I might be able to drive the cattle down there through the woods. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They fought through that town, took it, burned it; leaving their ships under guard at the mouth of the River Ar they went up the Vale wrecking and looting, slaughtering cattle and men. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Stir-crazy cattle in the barns stick their heads out the windows and watch pink dolphins sporting on their doorsteps. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It therefore poisons all life with which it comes in contact: the cat beloved of some family, the farmer’s cattle, the rabbit in the field, and the horned lark out of the sky. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In the brightness of the moonlight it was easy to see the forms of three cattle standing in the middle of the snowy field. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hale toiled day and night for a pittance; he rode through storms—hail, lightning, sand—and survived stampedes, guiding the cattle into smaller and smaller circles before they could trample him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The final third lay fallow for the grazing of the manor’s cattle. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And then he’d tell us about how, when he was in the air force and his plane’s engine conked out, he made an emergency landing in a cattle pasture and saved himself and his crew. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know we were living in foster homes, where our guardians could marry us off for cattle or treat us almost like their servants. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “They ate everything: the plants, the houses, the stored grain. They even fastened onto the cattle and drank their milk.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the tall grass behind the cattle barn he found a folded newspaper. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The cattle backed into the far left corner of the barrier; their eyes were wide and frightened, and some were pawing the mud. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The last time Josiah had seen them, the cattle had been wandering southwest along the boundary between the reservation and state land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z What about the dairy cattle that graze on these lands? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Yet feeding corn to cattle goes against the natural order almost as much feeding them beef. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Mrs. Frisby had no trouble at all going through the cattle wire fence, but she approached the hole cautiously. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Ma’s cattle calls echoed his as they ran for the barn. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He placed it in the middle of a paddock where his cattle had been three days ear- Her. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Father rode our horse Grey along behind the cattle to keep them moving. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By late July Josiah divided his time between the cattle, which were past Flower Mountain then, still heading southwest, and this woman. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It made me sad when Mexican farm workers were transported along that same road, like cattle packed in the backs of trucks, calling out to us to please marry them and rescue them. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Kumalo came back to the house early the next morning bringing with him the cattle that he had bought. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I was learning how a boy is supposed to live, learning our traditions, how to be brave, how to protect the cattle—and not to involve myself too much with women. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z And just how many years had gone by since Georgie and I had watched Roy Rogers gallop across the desert, chasing cattle rustlers or claim jumpers? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z When he located the cattle, he would drive them back. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Pens means stomach, but is used to refer to the stomach of animals like sheep or cattle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the night we arrived from Kraków, we dragged ourselves out of the cattle cars and assembled on a vacant field. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Before Ma and Pa could clear the cattle out, Seth Clemson thundered in with a small posse of cattle hands to round up the rest, dropping John at my side before charging into the field. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “Tim, butcher the cattle. Let the meat freeze and hide it in the loft under the hay until you need it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were content to be farmers and cattle raisers. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z My living skeleton packed up in a cattle wagon with two hundred desperate others, carted off God knows where, to die of thirst before we get there? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The lane widened, and in a minute he came to the footpath she had told him of, a mere cattle track which plunged between the bushes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Vatete told them all about someone who had earned a whole herd of cattle for her family. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun came up later on and melted it, making the roads muddy, especially after the cattle had churned it up. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood in the corral behind the cattle and waved his arms at them until one by one they hesitantly stepped into the back of the cattle truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Liver disease in cattle, sheep, goats, deer, elk, rabbits, and various other warm-blooded animals may be caused by liver flukes that spend part of their life cycles in fresh-water snails. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The last night at home, the last night in the ghetto, the last night in the cattle car, and, now, the last night in Buna. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “How did you know I’d be here?” he said, still watching the cattle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to leave that night to find the cattle; there would be no peace until he did. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z This made it possible to send cells around the world using the already-standardized method for shipping frozen foods and frozen sperm for breeding cattle. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The world had become a hermetically sealed cattle car. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Those plow animals were the cow, horse, water buffalo, Bali cattle, and yak / cow hybrids. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It had been grazed twice by beef cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was a bull from a cattle family we still have today. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Once upon a time there was a couple with many cattle, but only one son. Their neighbors became jealous, so they hired a witch to put a curse on them.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In actual fact Dandelion covered three hundred yards to the cattle shed in a good deal less than half a minute. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Scorched fences marked where cattle had grazed; it was not possible the animals survived. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There was activity below him now, cattle and horses and sheep moving, the sheep bells clanging, and birds—magpies and bluebirds and killdeer—everywhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My father only went up to the second grade because his father, my grandfather, needed help farming and taking care of the cattle. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The Kenyan doctors drew blood from these people and took their medical histories, and drew blood from their cattle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pens contained thousands of pigs and cattle, and as Raizel and I headed deeper into the complex, the air grew muggy with their earthy animal odors. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Josiah had always shown them how ridiculous violence and anger were; beating the mare would not make the spotted cattle appear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was time for the cattle to go out and graze, so the new cows went out with the rest of the herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hebridean Black feeds mostly on deer, though it has been known to carry off large dogs and even cattle. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Pedrito had to be back yesterday to see about stranded cattle in the flooded fields. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instantly these technological contraptions became as precious to me as cattle are to a farmer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z My father, brother, and I were packed into a cattle car along with other male workers bound for Schindler's new factory. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z All the time we heard the cattle in the woods. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z When I got there I’d take the cattle out on my own. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “I tried to go down there and help out, you know, when they first decided to move all the cattle and sheep down there. That was when you were still sick.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Always I hoped something would attack our cattle so I could protect them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z On Saturday afternoon Billy Buck, the ranch-hand, raked together the last of the old year’s haystack and pitched small forkfuls over the wire fence to a few mildly interested cattle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll have to do things our own way. Maybe we’ll even write our own book, Cattle Raising on Indian Land, or how to raise cattle that don’t eat grass or drink water.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Rivka hissed Hannah quiet and ran a finger across her own throat, the same signal that the peasants had made in the fields when the cattle cars passed them by. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the cattle cars had bunks and the sliding doors remained open. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z At the rabbit pen, footprints showed where groups of Smokies had been moved in and out through the gates, a whole community turned into cattle. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Billy cried very little, though he often saw things worth crying about, and in that respect, at least, he resembled the Christ of the carol: The cattle are lowing, The Baby awakes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Free up Belle. We better get down there. Won’t be but a handful of folks to round up cattle with that town meeting.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He strove to make the ranch, called Ridgewood, a model of rustic self-sufficiency, complete with massive herds of cattle and sheep, several hundred horses, a dairy, a slaughterhouse, and fruit orchards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He kicked at the wall of the cattle car. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The cattle and horses were so clean they looked as though they had been scrubbed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z White ranchers pastured cattle there, especially during the dry years when no grass grew below the mountain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Eating the grubs and larvae cuts down on bugs and parasites—in this case, tiny organisms that live on or in the cow—that would bother the cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Because of the chickens, Joel doesn’t have to treat his cattle with toxic chemicals to get rid of parasites. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “It’s cruel,” agreed Baba Joseph, “but one day the things we learn will keep our cattle from dying.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They tried offering me cows: Our people believe even an infant understands about the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z By analogy with the engulfing of Aboriginal Australian hunter-gatherers by British colonists fed on wheat and cattle, we have to suspect that some of the “lucky” Africans parlayed their advantage into engulfing their African neighbors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "Then what do they call a cattle call?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d never met then, but when Father went over to Verplancks Point every year to sell cattle and buy supplies he stayed with them and caught up on the news. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And whatever the next words were: “The time I had to escape from Moscow?” or “The time I lost an Alaskan gold mine, worth a fortune?” or “The cattle stampede on the pampas?,” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z In addition, he owned eight head of cattle. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Noah said, "Why would they call it a cattle call, if they are asking for dogs?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The only time he had ever had contact with whites was during summer league baseball, but otherwise he stayed behind the concrete wall that fenced him and his friends in like cattle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know anything about cattle,” she said, “but he said these had been living off rocks and sand.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z As long as bread and good red wine remained to keep the men up, and appease their craving, they would not touch the cattle. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He told me, “Look at the cattle. Look at the noses of the cows. Do you see liquid there?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z It has never been an economic proposition for an owner of cattle to starve his cows, so why should an owner of slaves starve them? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was thinking about the cattle and how they had ended up on Floyd Lee’s land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z All the time Sam was after us to butcher the cattle. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, Hale’s pastures were set on fire, the blaze spreading for miles, the blackened earth strewn with the carcasses of cattle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “But the thing we need most is rum and the only way to pay for it is with cattle.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I am not there! I, Nhamo, am visiting the country of the njuzu. They will tell me their secrets and send me home with cattle and goats.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re nomads: We live where it’s best for the cattle, where there’s good grass and water, away from disease and pests. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a few more boos joined in, and more until the crowd sounded like a herd of cattle. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Young and bursting with cocky energy, Joyce worked as a cattle butcher. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Some he got from farmers who paid their bills to him with cattle every year. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was wondering about the speckled cattle, whether they had pushed their way through the fence and were halfway to Mexico by now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time the leaves fell and the acorns dropped, he would be home with the cattle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a familiar look to the rolling hills and cattle country. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For the ten months he had tended cattle, it amounted to less than twenty-five cents a day. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Panting through the pain, I yelled, “Cut the fence and let the cattle trample them.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Without a common language to communicate with anyone, his loneliness on the cattle ranch became greater than it had been in the labor camp. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z We would give our containers to the cattle killers—muscular tribal men who wore heavy boots and plastic aprons—and they would fill them to capacity. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There went the frightened, snorting cattle, stampeding through the trees with their tails in the air like it was heel-fly time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on his horse among the cattle looking very calm. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At Mr. Green they killed cattle quickly and savagely. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z After the cattle it had been home to several hundred laying hens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Once there, I walked through a grove of eucalyptus trees and alongside a bald pasture of starving cattle, past the guard napping in his gatehouse, and into the waiting arms of my monkey. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Certain that no one would be successful Odysseus left the contest and stepped out into the courtyard where the swineherd was talking to the keeper of the cattle, a fellow as trustworthy as himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z During the summer Bernabe had no special early-hour chores to do: he owned cattle, but they grazed on National Forest permits up in the hills; he also harbored a few ratty chickens in the backyard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Grabbing his coat, I yelled, “Someone’s let the cattle through. We’ve got to herd them back!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell me about your aunt. I want to know about those cattle and that woman.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z That is, cattle were domesticated independently in India and western Eurasia, within the last 10,000 years, starting with wild Indian and western Eurasian cattle subspecies that had diverged hundreds of thousands of years earlier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Josiah went to see her the day after the cattle were delivered. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The Murle are another tribe in Southern Sudan, and we knew about them because they would raid villages and steal not only cattle but Dinka children, whom they would raise as their own. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheriff Jim Clark points a billy club and, beneath the club, an electric cattle prod at a voting rights demonstrator on the steps of the Dallas County Courthouse. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as the epidemics hit, Stearman learned, the group was fighting the white cattle ranchers who were taking over the region. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I asked Dr. Mel what would happen if drugs were banned from cattle feed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z After that we inspected two new dams with water building slowly behind them, and at several drinking stations communed with a small herd of recently purchased cattle. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “They know we have to come back sometime. The people in Mohegan heard that a drover from Norfield had been shot on the Ridgebury Road two days ago and his cattle driven off.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As the demonstrators were marched five blocks to jail, singing freedom songs, they were repeatedly jolted by cattle prods. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of them live on mission stations or government reserves, or else work for whites as herdsmen on cattle stations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The cattle car was crowded and unsanitary like all the rest, and there was no food or water but what we brought with us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Then how his shipmates killed Lord Helios’ cattle and how Zeus thundering in towering heaven split their fast ship with his fuming bolt, so all hands perished. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z These pictures of bison, deer, horses, cattle, mammoths, and boars are located in the most remote recesses of the caves, far from the inhabited, sunlit entrances. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Couldn’t raise a decent herd of sheep or cattle, couldn’t even till crops except maybe to feed your family. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The freezing-cold winter had killed three-quarters of all the cattle that roamed the Badlands, and ranching turned out to be a money-losing venture for him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The Opel bounces down roads that are hardly more than cattle trails. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Lobola, the brideprice or dowry, is normally paid in the form of cattle by the groom’s father, and would be paid by the community in Justice’s case and in my own by the regent himself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After driving on mountain roads for two hours, the farmer dropped Shin off at a friend’s cattle ranch. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z For example, Joel moves his cattle in the evening because he knows that’s when the grass is sweetest. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Early on the third day I went to a cattle camp that was not far from our village. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z There are acres of open cattle range and few houses or busy streets where migrants can hide. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The cow barn is a simple open-sided structure where the cattle eat twenty-five pounds of hay and produce fifty pounds of manure each day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z They rounded up their cattle and drove them away. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Gaunt cattle, their ribs protruding and their heads hanging low, stood listless at the bottoms of dried-up stock ponds where the mud had dried and cracked into mosaics of tiles as hard as stone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A half mile away, two boys with sticks slouch behind a drove of bony cattle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “One night, when this boy’s mother wasn’t watching, he sneaked out of their cave and stole some cattle that belonged to Apollo.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z |
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