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Cowabunga! (All About Breeds) MOOS NEWS 50 CENTS Jobs Wanted 5TH EDITION Nessie Will Produce is very athletic. Brown Swiss the Ayrshire is a dairy cow from f...

Cowabunga! (All About Breeds) MOOS NEWS 50 CENTS Jobs Wanted 5TH EDITION Nessie Will Produce is very athletic. Brown Swiss the Ayrshire is a dairy cow from for You! cattle are famous for strong Scotland, but she can’t play the Nessie is a Holstein cow originat- feet and legs, and for their brown bagpipes. She can, however, ing from the Netherlands, a coun- coloring. Heidi’s ancestors came produce milk used for high quality try in northern Europe. Nessie to America in 1869, arriving in butter and cheese. Adie and her weighs 1,500 pounds and is one Massachusetts. Heidi, like her relatives weigh about 1,200 of the largest breeds of dairy cat- Brown Swiss relatives, lives and pounds each. They are con- tle. She is known around town as works well in both hot and cold sidered medium-sized cows a real classy gal, partly because climates. famous for having healthy ud- of her simple, black and white ders. Ayrshires entered America wardrobe. She wears all white, in 1822. They arrived in with large black spots. Unfortu- Connecticut by ship. Adie’s nately, cows don’t get to change Strike it Rich with a ancestors thrived in the rocky their clothes; it’s what they’re born Golden Guernsey! hills and cold weather, similar to with. Differences in coloring Gertrude is a Guernsey cow their home in Scotland. help us identify breeds. from Guernsey, a very small Nessie’s great-great-great island nation off the northern grandmother entered America coast of France. Gertrude’s fam- by ship in 1852, arriving in ily came to the Americas by boat Little in Size, but BIG Boston, Massachu-setts. in 1840. They entered through in Milk Holsteins make more milk than a port in New York. Guernseys If you travel to the small any other breed. Nessie is no like Gertrude are famous for island of Jersey off the coast exception and produces about producing milk that is golden of France, you will find 10 gallons of milk per day. in color. Everything about Ger- relatives of Jenny the Jer- trude is golden, including her sey. Jenny only weighs 900 gold coat with white patches. pounds and is small compared to A Sweet Swiss Gertrude is a medium-sized dairy other breeds, but she still produc- If you travel to Switzerland, a es high quantities of milk for her cow, weighing 1,150 pounds. petite size. Many people call Jer- mountainous country in Europe She will be making milk for you sey cows, like Jenny, the “pret- popular for skiing and cheese, you for many years, as her breed is tiest” breed, as they are small are sure to meet Heidi, a Brown well known for living longer than and slim through their head and Swiss dairy cow. She enjoys graz- any other breed. shoulders and have an at- ing on grass, but she sure does tractive honey-brown coat col- have a sweet tooth!! She produc- or. Jersey cows were first intro- es pure white milk high in lactose, duced to America in 1850, and also known as milk sugar. Her An Unbelievable continue to be the second most milk is perfect for making cheese. Udder common breed in California. Heidi weighs 1,500 pounds and Red and white speckled Adie