Just for Kids

Just for Kids!!

On this page we have fun facts & links for children related to dairy farming and agriculture. Enjoy!!

Incredible Cow Facts:

• All cows are females  (The males are called bulls)
• Cows have four stomachs  (You have just one!)
• A cow can’t give milk until she’s given birth to a calf
• The average cow produces 90 glasses of milk each day. That’s enough for 30 children to have 3 glasses of milk a day.
• Cows provide 90% of the world’s milk. Water buffalo, camels, goats, sheep, horses and reindeer are also milked.
• A cow weighs about 1400 pounds.  That’s probably 10-25 times what you weigh!
• A Holstein’s spots are like a fingerprint or snowflake.  No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.
• It takes ten pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese.
• Vanilla is America’s favorite ice cream flavor.
• Milk is better for cooling your mouth after eating spicy food than water because of the protein casein; it cleanses the taste buds. 

To print a fun dairy cow coloring page, visit: http://www.kinderart.com/kindercolor/cowbarn.pdf

Check out http://www.dairyfarmingtoday.org for more information on modern dairy farms, dairy-themed online games and virtual farm tours!