A Few Fun Facts About Cows And Free Cow Coloring Pages
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Old McDonald had a farm If you have children chances are that you have heard those words. If you ask any child what their favorite farm animal is I guarantee that they will answer, "a cow". To a child a cow is an extremely interesting animal. The goal of this article is to give parents and teachers a few fun facts that they can share with their children.
I have taken the liberty of providing a link at the end of this article for parents, teachers, or any other educator that may be interested to down load free cow coloring pages.
Every one knows that cows produce milk. That's no big secret. However very few people know that cows are also referred to as the foster mothers of the human race do to the fact that they produce most of the milk that we all drink.
According to the history records cows started showing up in America around 1611. The first known documented sighting of a cow was in Jamestown Colony. Around the 1850's nearly every family had their own cow.
In 1856, a lady by the name Gail Borden invented what is known as the condensed milk process. This process removed some of the water from milk so that the milk would take up less space. Refrigeration came into use in 1880, and the first pasteurizing machine was introduced in 1895.
As you could imagine the dairying process has improved through the years. Today, one cow can produce the milk that it once took 10 cows to produce.
According to recent statistics merely 9.2 million cows are being milked on 110,000 farms in the United States. The majority of all dairy farms are family owned and operated.
It is a misconception that a cow produces milk the majority of their lives. Nothing could be further from the truth. In all reality a cow only produces milk or should I say could be milked for the first 3 or 4 years. A cow must have a calf in order to produce milk. Calves are fed milk until they are 8 to 9 weeks old.
Another cow fact that most people are unaware of is that a cow is 2 years old when she has her first calf.
Before milking machines were invented in 1894, farmers could only milk about 6 cows per hour. Today, farmers use machines to milk more than 100 cows per hour.
Cows are ruminants, which are cud-chewing mammals. Sheep and camels also are ruminants. A cow also chews her own cud, which is regurgitated, partially digested food for up to 8 hours each day. I don't know about you but that last part almost made me sick!
I also found it interesting that dairy cows provide 90% of the world's milk supply. The best cows give over 25 gallons of milk each day. That's 400 glasses of milk - now that's a lot of milk. All I need now is a big box of frosted flakes!
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