Post Office Hopes New Mowers Will Deliver

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The U.S. Postal Service is bringing in cattle to trim grass at its main Louisville post office. Four steers or cows, or maybe even beefalo, will begin grazing a 2 1/4-acre grassy area around May 1.

An internal memo says officials cannot scientifically predict how effective the cattle will be. But bureaucrats forecast a savings of 210 employee hours, or $4,130.01 a year. That assumes, of course, that neither rain nor sleet nor traffic noise will stay the trusty bovines from the swift depletion of their appointed grounds.