News at Eleven: Bill Gleed is park manager of the Robert Frost Farm.

He explains that "The Cow in Apple Time" is an example of Robert Frost's poetic fooling. He says Frost's cow did go dry, but not because of eating apples. He said Frost kept poet's hours instead of farmer's hours. He did not get up early to milk the cow. He did not milk her until the middle of the day. And that is really why her milk went dry.

from VOA News: A Visit to Poet Robert Frost's Farm in Derry, New Hampshire

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