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Dates: during 1932-1932
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Jokesmiths all over Russia were making public mock last week of Terpilici State Farm near Leningrad from which 89 cows "disappeared" in a single recent night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: 89 Red Cows | 10/17/1932 | See Source »

...Other Terpilici comrades said that 40 of the 89 lost cows had been found, the rest having doubtless been eaten or sold. Scathingly the weekly Ekonomicheskaya Zhizn cartooned a man with a lantern "searching for an honest cow" and asking of one startled, guilty-looking beast: "Pardon me, but aren't you one of Terpilici State Farm's cows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: 89 Red Cows | 10/17/1932 | See Source »

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