The smallest type of cow is a breed called Dexter, which was bred a small size for household living.

Cows were domesticated about 5,000 years ago.

Cows can see color.

Cows can detect odors upto 5 miles away.

A 1,000 pound cow produces an average of 10 tons of manure a year.

Per day, a cow spends 6 hours eating and 8 hours chewing cud.

The average cow drinks about 30 gallons of water and eats about 95 pounds of feed per day.

A cow stands up and lies down about 14 times a day.

A cow's heart beats between 60 and 70 beats per minute.

Cows can hear lower and higher frequencies better than humans.

Old cows in India have their own nursing home.

There are approximately 350 squirts in a gallon of milk.

The fastest cow is the Corriente.

There are an estimated 920 cow breeds in the world!

The average cow with two milkings a day produces about 10 gallons of milk a day.

10 gallons of milk weighs about 60 pounds! (No wonder cows get frisky after milking!)

It takes about 1.5 gallons of milk to make 1 gallon of ice cream.

In the average herd there is one bull for every 30 cows.

Corn is the most popular feed, then pasture, then hay.

The world's biggest Holstein statue is in New Salem, North Dakota.