Did You Ever See a Calf Like This?

1916

It Lived Six Months and Could Eat With Either Mouth or Both, Just as It Liked, Until It Caught Cold.

We often see calves with more than their normal share of legs, but did you ever see such a calf as this?

This freak was born on the farm of Charles Brunson, near Dayton, Ohio, and was of Jersey parentage. The little fellow was perfectly healthy and could eat with either mouth or with both, just as it liked. The heads were perfect, and performed every function that such heads would be called upon to do.

For nearly six months the calf lived and seemed to be happy, but grew very little. Then it developed a cold and died, in spite of the efforts of three veterinarians to save it. The calf was mounted and is being preserved as a curiosity.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Sept. 16, 1916, p. 7.