Hey 4A....! Here is a new feature of the blog. Every so often, we will have a did you know of agricultural facts. There might also be some trivia questions as well so you can earn tickets. Check out some of these cool facts....
The United States produces about 900 million gallons of ice cream a year.
Dairy cows drink 35 gallons of water a day - the equivalent of a bathtub full of water.
Illinois has just over 100,000 dairy cows that produce more than two million pounds of milk a year.
The average American consumes almost 25 gallons of milk a year.... that's 400 glasses.
It takes more than 21 pounds of whole milk to make one pound of butter.
Americans eat about 350 slices of pizza per second, or almost 3 billion pizzas per year.
The milk bottle was invented in 1884. Plastic milk containers were introduced in 1964.
Trivia (You can turn in your answers to me for tickets)...
1) On average, how many times a day is a cow milked?
2) These are America's top two favorite ice cream flavors.... What are they?
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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