Use the information in the table to answer the following questions. |
Livestock | Number | Rank of Knox County in Ohio |
All Cattle & Calves | 22,000 | 26 |
Milk Cows | 6,000 | 13 |
All Hogs & Pigs | 32,000 | 19 |
All Sheep & Lambs | 6,200 | 2 |
There are over 30,000 cows in Knox County that are raised either for beef or for dairy products! In the whole state of Ohio there are 1,540,000 cattle and calves used for beef and 285,000 milk cows! There are many varieties of cows. What do we do with all these cows?? Well, think about what you have had to eat over the last day. There were probably several things you ate that came from a cow. What about that hamburger you had for dinner or the milk on your breakfast cereal! Family farmers care for and raise many of the animals that produce your food every day. |