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b. What other farm animal has the same number of compartments 



in its stomach? 



c. How many times does the cow chew her food? 



d. Which is the true stomach? 



e. For what puqDOse are the first three stomachs? 



6. Food of the cow 



a. What foods are adapted to the needs of the cow? 



b. Why does a cow need succiilent food at all seasons of the year? 



c. For convenience in studying the feeding of a cow, into what groups 



of nutrients is her food divided? 



d. Can the body of the cow be divided into the same groups of ma- 



terials? 



e. What is the interrelation of these materials in the food and in 



the body ? 



f. How is a ration computed? 



g. What is the nutritive ratio? 



7. Breeds of cows 



a. What are the four principal dairy breeds in America? 



b. What are the four principal beef breeds in America ? 



c. In order of richness of milk, how do the dair^^ breeds stand? 



d. In order of prominence and favor in the United States, how do 



the beef breeds stand? 



e. W^hat is New York, a dairy or a beef-producing State? 



Answers to questions on cows 



I. Prehistoric animals related to the modem cattle were domesticated 

 by the Swiss lake dwellers. These cattle existed in rather large numbers 

 down to historic times and were the ancestors of the domestic breeds of 

 the present day. The two kinds of domestic cattle that exist to-day are 

 the breeds found in Europe and America, and the h\imped zebu of the 

 eastern countries of the globe. The humped zebu was domesticated in 

 Eg>^pt two thousand years before the Christian Era. 



The cattle of the United States have come chiefly from England, Scot- 

 land, the Channel Islands (the islands of Jersey and Guernsey in the 

 English Channel) , and Holland. The beef breeds and all the dairy breeds, 

 pxcept the Holstein-Friesian, originated in England, Scotland, and the 

 Channel Islands. The Holstein-Friesian cattle came from Holland. 

 The man who may be called the father of all modem breeding and improve- 

 ment of cattle was Robert Baj^ewell, who Ijyed in England from 172!; to 



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