Big Bossie and Me

“Bossie” was a common name evolving in the mid-1800s for milk cows.Most early-day farms and ranches had one or more of the bovines. The genus classification of cattle is “Bos” and in Latin, they are called “Bovine”. But on our ranch, we called the milk cow “Bossie” because she was pretty much in charge if she would give her milk to a boy or girl sitting by her side saying “good Bossie, good…