Last week we took a fun little field trip to a dairy farm and I think we all learned alot, including the mommies! We all had to wear "boots" over our feet so that we didn't track any germs into where the cows were. Before we started the tour we also got "Got Milk?" stickers and milk mustaches. Ready to begin!
We drove in a big van around the dairy and got to see LOTS and LOTS of cows. (I didn't really get pictures, because it would be out the window - and I think everyone knows what a cow looks like.) We got to see the babies and the pregnant cows. This dairy averages 25 calves a day! And boy did those pregnant mommies look miserable.
We got to see how the feed the cows. They grow all the food for the cows. This here is corn all blended up. They store it under the plastic and the tires keep the air out so it doesn't go bad. What the cows end up eating is actually a precise blend of several different things. We got to see the feed truck dumping the food for the cows, where they stay when they are not being milked, and yes, it was a little stinky. But their stalls get cleaned 3 times a day, wouldn't that be nice!
We got out of the van to see where they actually milk the cows. 160 cows can be milked at one time and it takes just a few minutes. They are milked milked three times a day and average about 12 gallons each.everything was very sanitary and very efficient. It was kind of cool.
Our tour guide was Ollie's Grandpa, one of the little boys in our preschool, and he did a great job! Cody said his favorite part of the trip was his "Cow Tail" treat that they gave him. It was a great field trip - we learned alot AND had fun.
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