This is a picture of some of the cows at the Dairy Farm and milk infront of the cows.

Friday, October 10Th the whole Period B Environmental Science class went to the Coopers Hilltop Dairy Farm. At Coopers Hilltop Dairy Farm we saw many cows, 2 bunnies, the cutest dog, a lot of corn fields and learned about how Dairy Farms grow crops and get milk to sell everyone so we can all drink good milk. Coopers Hilltop Dairy Farm put there fresh milk in a 40 degree huge freezer. When i walked in the room it was really cold, thank goodness we were wearing either a jacket or a sweatshirt or we would’ve freezed our butts off. After, she took us to where all the cows were kept. There i learned that they milk 3 to 4 cows at a time with this utter sucker things. What i learned was that cows are a very quiet for such a big animal. When i heard that i thought that they were just joshing me because i always thought they all would be mooing all night long.  Another thing i learned was that depending on what you want your calf to look like, you would have to find a male cow that has the physical appearance that you want your calf to have or look like. When you find the male cow you like you would get that cow to have a baby with a female cow.

   Ever wondered why cows always move there mouth all the time? Well on October 10th i found the answer to that question. When the cows eat hay, grass, grain or any other things they eat they don’t eat it all which make them chew all the time, and that would be why there mouths are always moving. What i found interesting was that cows are allowed to eat corn but only if they are swished up to tiny little pieces by a machine which crushes it all together.  They have to wait 2 to 3 weeks be for they feed the corn to the cows though or they get sick and it’s not good for them.

    At the corn field they get an inch of rain a week in the summer. Coopers Hilltop Dairy Farm had 35 acres of corn. There fields were called Drum Land and was formed from North to South. There are a lot of different types of corn. The Coopers HilltopDairy Farm use Pacstine Soil which is the state soil found in Packston of course. They use that because it’s the easiest to get and it is very good for all the plants. This field trip was very fun and i learned a lot from the field trip i hope we go back soon.