Saturday, September 19, 2009

Norway Finds Cows On Mattresses Give More Milk

Of course, leave it to Norway to come up with this idea. maybe instead of dairy farms , we should have dairy 'hotels". -Kent

Norway's dairy farmers have discovered how to make cows more productive: Give them mattresses. It turns out that comfy cows give about 5 percent more milk. Researchers think lounging on softer surfaces increases the blood volume through the cows' udders, allowing them to make more milk.

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