code: private static InputStream cowfileToCowInputStream(final File cowfile) {
  		InputStream cowInputStream = null;
  		try {
  			cowInputStream = new FileInputStream(cowfile);
  		} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
  			Logger.getLogger(Cowloader.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
  		}
  		return cowInputStream;
  	}
docs: Reads a File to an InputStream.
  Not sure why I thought this should be a separate method, I guess it made sense at the time.
  @param cowfile The cowfile to read.
  @return An InputStream which can be used to read the File.