Interesting cattle facts

[farmergal]

I was online looking up different breeds and came across some interesting cattle facts like did you know that...

Hamburger meat from 1 steer would equal 720 quarter-pound hamburgers, enough for a family of 4 to enjoy hamburgers each day for nearly 6 months.

A cow that weighs 1000 pounds will make a carcass weighing about 615 pounds. The carcass makes about 432 pounds of meat. (And that means a freezer full of meat. )

Other products besides beef are made from the beef carcass. Leather, made from the hide, is used to make a variety of items, from clothing to basketballs. Eight pairs of cowboy boots can be made from one cowhide.

Gelatin, made from bones and horns, is used in making candies, marshmallows, ice cream and photographic film.

Bones are used to make glue and fertilizers. Blood meal, a fertilizer, is made from blood.

Beef fat, called tallow, is an ingredient in soaps, cosmetics, candles, shortenings, and chewing gum.

Beef is the number one source of zinc in the human diet in the United States.

More than 100 medicines, including insulin and estrogen, come from cattle.

Cattle outnumber humans in 9 states: Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.

The salivary glands of cattle, located beneath the tongue, produce 15-20 gallons of saliva per day.

A 1000-pound cow will produce 4 tons of manure in a year

[tallyho]

yes, interesting, but some of those facts i didn't really need to know....