THE AMAZING COW Leigh Ann Gronback EDU 553

THE AMAZING COW Leigh Ann Gronback EDU 553 Winter Session 2001 9/10/2020 1

Introduction n 9/10/2020 From the beginnings of civilization, humans have been dependent upon cows. And, since the beginning, cows have lived in harmony with nature and people. The cow has been the subject of myths, pop art, poetry, wonder, and worship. 2

DAIRY BREEDS n n n 9/10/2020 AYRSHIRE: notable for being the only true dairy breed developed in the British Isles BROWN SWISS: largest and most hardy of dairy breeds HOLSTEIN: largest of the dairy breeds, black and white in color, developed in Holland 3

DAIRY COWS, cont. n n n 9/10/2020 GUERNESY: one of the leading dairy breeds, producing milk with a high butterfat content JERSEY: smallest of all dairy breeds, produces rich milk SHORTHORN: produce an extra large quantity of milk 4

BOVINE BEHAVIOR n n n 9/10/2020 AGONISTIC (combat): this behavior includes fighting, flight, and other reactions associated with conflict ALLELOMIMETIC (mutual mimicking): when one member of the group does something, another tends to do the same thing; and because others are doing it, the original individual continues SHELTER-SEEKING: cows seem to sense the coming of a storm, at which time they may race about and “act up” 5

BEHAVIOR, cont. n n n 9/10/2020 INGESTIVE: The first ingestive behavior trait, common to all young mammals, is suckling. ELIMINATIVE: Nature ordained that if animals eat, they must eliminate. INVESTIGATIVE: If they are not afraid, cattle investigate a strange object at close range. 6

DAIRY NUMBERS n n n 9/10/2020 One quart of milk weighs 2. 15 pounds One gallon of milk weighs 8. 6 pounds 46 ½ quarts of milk equal 100 pounds 7

MORE NUMBERS n 9/10/2020 100 pounds of whole milk will yield approximately: u 10 pounds of cheese and 90 pounds of whey, OR u 5 pounds of butter and 90 pounds of skim milk, OR u 13 pounds of dried milk and 1 ¼ pounds of 40% cream 8

COWS IN MUSIC n n n n n 9/10/2020 “Who Let the Cows Out? ” (1910) “The Cows” (circa 1920) “Cows May Come and Cows May Go” (1915) “Cow Blues” (1928) “Hookin’ Cow Blues” (1917) “Cow-Cow Boogie” (circa 1943) “Milk Cow Blues” (1954) “Barnyard Blues, ” a/k/a “Livery Stable Blues” (1917) “At the Jazz Band Ball” (1927) 9

COWS IN HOLLYWOOD n n n 9/10/2020 n Go West, starring Brown Eyes and Buster Keaton Little Men, with Elmer the Bull (standing in for Elsie the Cow) The Milky Way, with Harold Lloyd The Kid From Brooklyn, a remake of The Milky Way, starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, and Vera-Ellen Ferdinand the Bull, a Walt Disney cartoon Clarabelle Cow, a Walt Disney cartoon The Cow and I, a French film starring 10 Fernandel

IMPORTANT ANIMAL 9/10/2020 Pray tell me how would man exist without the cow? No milk or cream; nor any cheese; No butter for spuds or peas; No chocolate sundaes or parfaits; No fish or fowl with Hollandaise. No easy source of calcium to build the bones and please the tum; No ice cream cones or baked fondue, And no Welsh rabbit, pas de tout! No dishes loved by Aristotle; No baby’s formula or bottle; No steaming stews with oysters swimmin’, No big strong men or lissome women! Pray tell me how would man exist without the cow? -- Author unknown 11