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Are You Calcium Smart?
Your body needs CALCIUM for strong bones and teeth.
The best way to get CALCIUM is from MILK and other
MILK Group foods.
To get enough CALCIUM you need at least 3 servings
of MILK each and every day!!
Can you name 10 foods made from milk? (Hint: Foods
made with dairy products, like pizza, count)
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How Much MILK Does it Take?
Milk is made into many different dairy foods.
Guess how many cups of milk it takes to make each
of the products listed below. Draw a line from the food to your
guess.
| 1 pound of butter |
12 cups of milk |
| 8 oz. of yogurt |
11 cups of milk |
| 1/2 gallon ice
cream |
0 - not a dairy
product |
| A dozen eggs |
39 cups of milk |
| 1 pound cottage
cheese |
19 cups of milk |
| 1 pound American
cheese |
4 cups of milk |
| 2 cups evaporated
milk |
1 cup of milk |
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Incredible COW Facts
- All cows are females. (The males are called bulls)
- Cows have four stomachs. (You have just one!)
- Cows often have their ears pierced - with I.D.
tages.
- A cow can't give milk until she's given birth to
a calf.
- The average cow produces 90 glasses of milk each
day. That's enough for 30 children to have 3 glasses of milk a
day.
- Cows provide 90% of the world's milk. Water buffalo,
camels, goats, sheep, horses, and reindeer are also milked.
- A cow weighs about 1400 pounds. That's probably
10-25 times what you weigh!
- A cow's udder can hold 25-50 pounds of milk. No
wonder she's so eager to be milked!
- A Holstein's spots are like a fingerprint or snowflake.
No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.
- A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her
lifetime.
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