I202 Rural School Leaflet 



LESSONS ON COWS 



I. A STUDY OF COWS 



E. S. Savage 



Young folks in the State of New York should be taught to love all 

 farm animals ; for cows can be loved and i:)ctted as well as dogs and horses, 

 and a child's friendliness will be as fully appreciated by cows as by other 

 animals. 



Children in the schools can be taught to study animals at home and 

 to report their observations at school. The teacher of a rural school 

 should visit the homes of the children as much as possible and observe 

 the animal life with the children. In this way parents will become more 

 interested in the school work. In the ho]3e of gi\'ing some suggestions to 

 teachers, the writer has prepared the following topics and questions con- 

 cerning the cow: 



1. The origin of cows 



a. What two rather distinct types of cows are there? 



b. In what countries are they found? 



c. From what countries have the cows in the United States come? 



2. The parts of the cow's body 



a. Where is the milk produced? 



b. What do the milk veins carry? 



c. Where are the withers? 



d. What is the wedge shape in the dairy cow? 



e. How does a cow kick as compared with a horse? 



3. The teeth 



a. How many teeth has a cow? How many molars? How many 



incisors? On which ja\y do the incisors grow? 



b. How does a cow bite? 



c. What other farm animal bites like the cow? 



4. Telling the age by the teeth 



a. How many incisors has the calf when it is born? When does 



the calf get all its milk incisors? 



b. When does the middle pair of permanent incisors appear? the 



next pair? the next pair? the outside pair? 



5. The digestion 



a. How many compartments has the stomach of a cow? 



