Cows
Carson
The Seven Breeds
What Cows Do
Cows milk at least 3 times a day. Milking machines can milk up to 800 cows a time. The best cows can give more than 25 gallons of milk. Thats 400 glasses of milk but when milk is kept in a warm place for a long time, it starts to get sour.
Cows eat a lot of stuff such as: corn, hay, wheat, beans, herbs, clovers, and many more things. Cows can eat up to 40 pounds of food each day and drink 4 to 36 gallons of water.Cows move their jaw 60,000 times a day. That makes 25 gallons of saliva.
Beef Cows
Interesting Facts
Travelers in hot sandy deserts bring camels for milk. In Central Asia, a yogurt drink called kefir is made by horse's milk. In Asia and South America, people milk buffaloes and a Italian mozzarella cheese often comes from water buffaloes. In Tibet and Nepal, people make cheese called chhurpi from yak's milk. A yak is a type of cattle with long hair and horns. Cows live in every contenint except Antartica.
Resources
Books, Cow, Farm Animals Cows, Cows, All About Dairy, Cows on the Family Farm, Cows, Websites, www.kidssearch.com, Pics4Learning