Drink Milk?

May 18, 2006

Do you know where milk comes from? Thanks to the Dairy Council of California, the students at Cambridge had the opportunity to learn first hand about how milk is produced. Mr. Glenn Fredy, coordinator of the Mobil Dairy Classroom, brought "Jillie", a milk producing cow, to visit us.

We learned many things about cows and milk production. Such as:

• Dairy cows in California are often one of three breeds:
  • Holstein (black and white)
  • Jersey (brown)
  • Guernsey (brown and white)
• Cows are ruminant animals. They have four stomach compartments.
• Cows drink about 35 gallons of water a day.
• A cow must have a calf before she produces milk.
• It takes five to seven minutes to milk a cow with a milking machine.

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