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James M. Reber

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Here are some facts
about the
Holstein Friesian Cow.

Each day the dairy cow eats:

28 lbs corn silage
12.64 lbs alfalfa hay
8.41 lbs barley
4.33 lbs wheat
5 lbs brewers pellets
4 lbs wheat bran
3 lbs beet pulp
5.5 lbs cottonseed
.75 lb energy booster (fat)
.12 lb salt
.5 lb minerals/vitamins
255 lbs water (30 gallons)

Each day the dairy cow can produce up to:

64 qts milk (256 glasses) or,
14 lbs cheese or,
5 gal ice cream or,
6 lbs butter

Milestones of Milk History in the U.S.

1611 Cows arrive for Jamestown Colony.
1624 Cows reach Plymouth Colony.
1841 First regular shipment of milk by rail.
1856 Pasteur experiments start.
1856 Gail Borden received first patent
on condensed milk.
1857 First successful condensery built by Gail Borden.
1878 Continuous centrifugal cream separator
invented by Dr. Gustov De Laval.
1884 Milk bottle invented by Dr. Harvey Thatcher,
Potsdam, NY.
1886 Automatic bottle filler & capper patented.
1890 TB testing of dairy herds introduced.
1890 Babcock perfected test for fat content
of milk/cream.
1892 Certified milk originated by Dr. Henry Coit.
1895 First commercial pasteurizing machines
introduced.
1908 First compulsory pasteurization law (Chicago).
1911 Automatic rotary bottle filler & capper perfected.
1914 Tank trucks first used for transporting milk.
1919 Homogenized milk sold successfully
in Torrington, Conn.
1938 First farm bulk tanks for milk began
to replace cans.
1942 Every-other-day milk deliver started
as a conservation measure.
1946 Vacuum pasteurization method perfected.
1948 UHT pasteurization introduced.
1948 First plastic coated paper milk cartons
introduced commercially.
1964 Plastic milk container introduced commercially.
1974 Nutrition labeling of fluid milk products.
 

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  Cows are not indigenous to America. Columbus
brought cattle with him on his second voyage to the
New World. Due to the high loss of human life when
the pilgrims made their voyages, it became English law
that each ship destined for the new world had to carry
one cow for each five passengers. The ships's captain
would then sell the cattle and that would bring the
captain a little income. However, this practice also
introduced disease into our population.In 1843,
a New Yorker by the name of Peter Dunn purchased
a cow from a sea captain. The cow was incubating the
disease called Contagious Bovine
Pleuropneumonia (CBPP).
That cow infected others and resulted in huge livestock
losses in three major epidemics over a 40 year period.
In fact, the sole reason the USDA was formed
(called the Bureau of Animal Industry)
was to combat and eradicate CBPP.

 

1. HOOF	2. PASTERN
3. DEWCLAW	4. SWITCH
5. HOCK	6. REAR UDDER
7. FLANK	8. THIGH
9. TAIL	10. PINBONE
11. TAIL HEAD	12. THURL
13. HIP	14. BARREL
15. RIBS	16. CROPS
17. WITHERS	18. HEART GIRTH
19. NECK	20. HORN
21. POLL	22. FOREHEAD
23. BRIDGE OF NOSE	24. MUZZLE
25. JAW	26. THROAT
27. POINT OF SHOULDER	28. DEWLAP
29. POINT OF ELBOW	30. BRISKET
31. CHEST FLOOR	32. KNEE
33. MILK WELL	34. MILK VEIN
35. FORE UDDER	36. TEATS
37. RUMP	38. LOIN
39. CHINE

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