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18 U.S.C. 707

Record SheetDairy, 20 ____

Name _________________________________________________________________ Age _____

Date Record Was Begun ________________ Date Record Was Completed _______________

Check all the things listed here that you plan to do this year. As you complete each activity, fill in the dateyou completed it. Then write down one or two things you learned from your experience.

I Plan Date ITo Do Did It What I Learned

Breed of Dairy CowsLearn names of five U.S. majorbreeds.Learn what countries each came from.Learn major breed characteristics.Find the most popular U.S. breed and why.Learn breeds in your area.Draw what a dairy cow should look like.

Dairy CalvesFind what a newborn calf weighs.Learn how much milk a babycalf needs.Draw a calf hutch. List threereasons they make good homes.Find out what weaned means.Learn what feed a calf needs after weaning.

BreedingFind how long an estrous cycle lasts.Learn what age heifers have first estrous cycle and what age heifers are usually bred.In a bull summary book, locatethe bull with the highest PD-M.

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Bob Ebert, Extension Animal Scientist, Animal Sciences, at Auburn University.Originally prepared by D. A. Coleman, Dairy Specialist.For more information, call your county Extension office. Look in your telephone directoryunder your county’s name to find the number.

Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work in agriculture and home economics, Acts of May8 and June 30, 1914, and other related acts, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabama A&M University and Auburn University) offerseducational programs, materials, and equal opportunity employment to all people without regard torace, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, or disability.

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I Plan Date ITo Do Did It What I Learned

Breeding (cont.)

Find out how cold liquid nitrogen is.Visit a place where frozen semenis stored. Learn how Al is done.Use a dairy cow’s performance pedigree to identify her sire,dam, grandsires, and granddams.

Milk ProductionLearn how much a cow weighs when she has her first calf.Learn how long a calving interval usually is.Visit a dairy. Learn how often and what times a cow is milked.Figure how many glasses of milk are in 50 pounds; in 55,000.Learn five reasons a dairy cow is culled. Find out how many calves the average dairy cow has.

Dairy ProductsFind out how many of your 20 favorite foods include a dairy product.Identify the types of food in your kitchen that contain milk products.Read the labels on dairy products. Learn what nutrients are in each.Learn what homogenized, pasteurized, and fortified mean and why each is done to milk.List the expiration date on several dairy products.Take part in a dairy foods demonstration.Take part in a dairy foods poster contest.Make a recipe using a dairy product.Enroll in the 4-H Dairy Foods Project.ARCHIVE