What is it about cows? It seems we were created to live in harmony with these gentle mothers… to be co-dependent. How else can we explain the historically proven phenomena that persons who live closest to the cows are often the healthiest and strongest of their society? Over 300 years ago, country folk wisdom observed that young ladies, whose job it was to milk the family cows, were immune to the deadly smallpox epidemics. While others were dying of the feared smallpox, the milkmaids could safely tend to the sick and yet not contract the illness. It seemed like magic! As you can imagine, milk maids were highly sought after young women. Not only were they healthier, they were also prettier. The scars that marred the complexion of the smallpox survivors could not touch the pretty cow girls. It took the brave work of British farmer Benjamin Jesty to prove that the milk maids’ …