American Agriculture Trivia Quiz #3

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The questions in this week’s Agricultural Trivia Quiz have to do with dairy cows. See how many of these questions you can answer before looking at the answers.

1. Which President’s mother died after drinking milk from their dairy cow after it had eaten poisonous mushrooms?
2. How many stomachs does a cow have?
3. How much water does a dairy cow drink each day?
4. Name some useful inedible products that milk are used to manufacture.
5. How much time does it take to milk a dairy cow by hand?
6. Which breed of dairy cows has the largest number of cows in this country?
7. About how many hours a day does a cow chew her cud?
8. What is a young female cow called?
9. How old is a cow when she has her first calf?
10. How many teeth does a cow have?
11. How many quarts of milk does a dairy cow give each day?
12. The average dairy cow supplies milk for how many people a year?

Answers:
Abraham Lincoln; 2. four; 3. 35 gallons; 4. plastic, paint and glue; 5. about 20 min.; 6. Holstein; 7. eight; 8.heifer; 9. two years old; 10. 32 teeth; 11. an average of about 22.5 quarts of milk a day; 12. 40 people.

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