The farmer took inventory of livestock in specific order: cows, then pigs, sheep third, and so on. He will do it this way hens-forth.
Interested in Japan? Have you read Shakotan Blue?
Part travel guide, part memoir, Shakotan Blue follows American Lucas Kelleher as he tries to assimilate into the community of a sleepy fishing village situated on a remote peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan.