DAIRY FARM TO DOOR

[Music] [Applause] everyone knows that milk comes from cows but how does the milk get from the cow or home milk cows live on special farms called dairy farms the cows usually are given dried hades in some parts of the country they are fed grass or corn or a mixture of green feed called silage cows also get a lot of fresh water in hot weather one cow may drink as much as thirty gallons a day twice every day the cows are herded to the barn to be milk if a cow is nervous she will give only a small amount of for this reason the men who worked with the cows try to make sure that each cow is comfortable some milking barns have music for the cows have you noticed how clean the milking barn is Kevin keeping the cows clean is very important too so before the cows are milked each one is given a shower almost all milking today is done with milk [Music] just before the cow is milked she has given special food made up of a mixture of grains and fruit pulp this helps her to produce healthy rich milk [Music] before the dairy man attaches the milking machine draws off a squirt of milk [Music] the machine takes the warm milk from the cow and pumps it through a large stainless steel pipe [Music] the milk flows into a large storage tank the tank not only stores the middle but it also works like a refrigerator to cool the warm milk so it will not turn sour [Music] early the next morning a large tank truck comes to pick up the cold milk the tank truck takes the milk to a processing plant called a Creamery as the milk is pumped out of a tank truck it flows through clean steel pipes to large refrigerated storage tanks a short time later the cold milk is pumped into a room which contains many different machines one of these machines is called a pasteurizer it heats the milk to kill any germs all milk has cream in a machine called an homogenized the milk is forced through very tiny holes this stops the cream from separating from the milk in another part of the creamery returned empty milk bottles are being washed [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] now we have fresh sweet milk for breakfast many people do not have milk delivered to their homes instead the milk has been delivered to the local market the creamery has also made and delivered many other products from milk such as butter cream different kinds of cheese and ice cream remember these all began with the cows on the dairy farm the cows give more milk and better milk that they are clean well fed and comfortable the milk is taken to the creamery in a large tank truck at the creamery the milk usually is pasteurized and homogenized the milk is placed in bottles or cartons and delivered to your home or store other dairy products are cream butter cheese and ice cream [Music] there is nothing better to drink then cold fresh milk