Dairying
Overview
There’s no soy or rice milk being gathered in this honor! Spend the summer at a dairy farm with a knowledgeable and helpful dairy farmer, and you’re likely to learn and earn the dairying honor. It may mean early mornings, but there are also a lot of really cute calves to care for while earning this honor!
Requirements
1. Know 25 parts of a dairy cow.
2. What considerations are made when selecting a calf?
3. Know the care, management, and feeding of dairy cows during their following stages:
- a. Calves
- b. Weaning to six months
- c. Six months to fifteen months
- d. Fifteen months to springers
- e. The dry cow
4. Know the proper feeding techniques for a lactating cow.
5. Know how milk is produced in the cow.
6. Know the steps in milking a cow either by hand or machine.
7. Know eight parts of a milking machine.
8. What is mastitis? What steps can be taken to prevent mastitis?
9. Know five herd health problems, their symptoms, and how to prevent and/or treat them.
10. Know the meaning of the following terms:
- a. Concentrates
- b. Crude protein
- c. Cull
- d. Dry period
- e. Lactating
- f. Lactation cycle or period
- g. Oxytocin
11. Explain the pasteurization of milk and the proper care of dairy utensils and appliances.
12. Assist with the care and milking of a dairy herd of cows for at least three months.
Answer key & resources
Master awards
This honor counts toward:
Investiture Achievement
This honor is required, suggested or listed as an option in:
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