Milk.(where does milk come from?)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Science Weekly | Date: September 14, 2001 | Copyright information

Do you know where milk comes from? The milk you drank today could have been grass last week! In fact, it could have been in a cow 2 days ago!

Grass to Milk

All cows are female and they all have 4 stomachs! Every day they eat about 90 pounds of food (grass and animal feed) and drink 25 to 50 gallons of water. Cows swallow their food quickly and it goes into their first 2 stomachs. Then they spit up a small amount of their food, or cud, and chew it again! When ...

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