National Archives at Philadelphia - Today is National Cow Appreciation Day! In observance, we are sharing this photograph of a three-legged calf from our Rural Rehabilitation Loan Case Files from West Virginia.
![1930s WOMAN FARM WIFE SITTING ON THREE LEG STOOL MILKING GUERNSEY COW TIED TO FENCE IN BARNYARD UNDER SHADE TREE - SuperStock 1930s WOMAN FARM WIFE SITTING ON THREE LEG STOOL MILKING GUERNSEY COW TIED TO FENCE IN BARNYARD UNDER SHADE TREE - SuperStock](https://cdn.superstock.com/4186/Comp/4186-111770070.webp)
1930s WOMAN FARM WIFE SITTING ON THREE LEG STOOL MILKING GUERNSEY COW TIED TO FENCE IN BARNYARD UNDER SHADE TREE - SuperStock
![Mother Theresa Latrobe's three-legged cow shakes off bad luck to give birth | The Advocate | Burnie, TAS Mother Theresa Latrobe's three-legged cow shakes off bad luck to give birth | The Advocate | Burnie, TAS](https://www.theadvocate.com.au/images/transform/v1/resize/frm/silverstone-feed-data/4114e299-169f-4dab-a619-34599af09f1a.jpg/w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Mother Theresa Latrobe's three-legged cow shakes off bad luck to give birth | The Advocate | Burnie, TAS
![3-Legged Cow Runs, Skips, Hops for the First Time Thanks to Amazing Rescuers (VIDEO) - One Green Planet 3-Legged Cow Runs, Skips, Hops for the First Time Thanks to Amazing Rescuers (VIDEO) - One Green Planet](https://www.onegreenplanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Dudly.jpg)