| All in all, it is an odd relationship that man has | | | | one or more cats. Farm families had the most |
| established with cat. Toward no other domestic | | | | cats; nearly half of them owned three or more. |
| animal does he show such split feelings of | | | | The nationwide average was 2.21 cats per cat |
| admiration and resentment, which is some kind of | | | | owning family. Low income families were found to |
| a comment on man, for the cat, is constant. She | | | | be far more likely to have cats than were the |
| has always been cat. | | | | high income families. |
| The cat is different from the dog. She serves no | | | | Cats are not the least bit uncertain about their |
| one, knowingly or willingly. Her one | | | | ability to take care of themselves. This, however, |
| accomplishment the hunting of mice, rats and | | | | does not discourage the people with whom they |
| other rodents is self taught. The man does not | | | | live. By close observation of cats habits and |
| live who can claim to have trained a cat to | | | | preferences, they learn to do for cat many of |
| perform a task for human benefit. For their own | | | | the things cat ordinarily would do for herself. This |
| convenience, cats have learned various small | | | | is known as cat care. |
| maneuvers, like opening doors, but they do not | | | | Your first duty is to provide your cat with a bed. |
| and will not herd sheep, carry messages or run | | | | Her preferences are in accord with universal |
| back to the ranch seeking help for jammed up | | | | standards. It should be warm and dry, of |
| cowboys. There are no police cats, no watch | | | | comfortable size, bug free and protected from |
| cats, and no sled cats. | | | | drafts. |
| The cat does not even come when she is called, | | | | The only other article of furniture an indoor cat |
| unless it suits her. | | | | needs is a pan. There are cats that, by some |
| In 1953 the American Can Company, which | | | | stroke of fate, have learned to use the human |
| produces containers for commercial pet foods | | | | toilet, but yours probably is not one of them. Buy |
| and was therefore interested, discovered in a | | | | a pan. Enameled metal is best and easiest to keep |
| survey that there were 26,700,000 domestic cats | | | | clean. It should be large enough for the cat to |
| in the United States. | | | | maneuver in comfortably, but the sides should be |
| By domestic cats is meant cats who, however | | | | low. It should be kept in one location, and it may |
| casual their membership, belong to human families. | | | | be filled with sand, shredded newspaper or |
| Most of them 13.2 million were found to be farm | | | | sawdust. |
| cats. Seven million were city cats, and 6.5 million | | | | A house trained mother cat will teach her kittens |
| lived somewhere in between. | | | | to use the pan, but if you should by chance |
| The South had the most cats, 9.7 million, the Far | | | | acquire one that never got the word, it is easy |
| West the fewest, 3.2 million. The East had the | | | | enough to set the kitten straight. First, show it |
| most urban cats, 2.4 million, the Midwest the most | | | | the pan. Second, after each meal traipse the |
| farm cats, 5.8 million; no surprises there. | | | | kitten over to the pan and keep it there without |
| Overall, 29 per cent of the nations families had | | | | using undue force, of course until it performs. |