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Gilkinson Dairy Farm
We learned:
- Farmers milk their cows twice a day, 12 hours apart - once in the morning and once in the evening.
- On average, a cow will produce 6-7 gallons of milk each day.
- Cows eat about 100 pounds of feed each day, which is a combination of hay, grain and silage. They drink a lot of water too – up to 50 gallons a day.
- Farmers grow grain and silage to feed their cows year-round.
- Tractors are really cool!
- Barn cats are fun!
More Cow Facts
- When a Holstein cow is milking, she weighs between 1,100 and 1,500 pounds. A Jersey cow weighs between 700 and 1,000 pounds.
- The cow must be a mother before she will produce milk. A newborn Holstein calf weighs about 100 pounds and can walk within one hour after birth!
- Milk cows usually have their ears pierced with I.D. tags. Each cow has a different number that allows the dairy farmer to track her activities by computer. The cow's milk weight is recorded in the computer as well as any medicines she receives.
- Two ingredients found in milk make it extra healthy: Calcium, a major nutrient for humans that is necessary for strong bones and teeth and Vitamin D, a nutrient required by humans to produce healthy bones.
Source:moomilk.com
