The Dairy Cow’s Keeper, from Bulletin of the Associated Milk Producers (2/23/1923):

“…he who milks the bossy cow,

And feeds her fresh hay from the mow,

And feeds the land from which it grew

With lime and fertilizer too,

And slips the nodules into gear

That makes it richer year by year,

Will wake up at the pearly gate

With dough to pay for all he ate,

And then St. Peter with a smile

Will say, ‘Come, Uncle, you’re worth while,

You’ve farmed e’er since the day of birth,

No doubt you’ve had your hell on earth.’”

Reprinted in The Portuguese Californians:
Immigrants in Agriculture, p. 82.