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The cow’s milk is full of nutrients to help the calf

grow strong. It also helps protect the calf from sick-

ness and disease.
If the mother is a dairy cow, the calf will be taken

off its mother’s milk after a few days. The dairy

farmer needs to sell the milk she produces. The

Did You Know . . .

The oldest known cow
was named Big Bertha.
She lived to be forty-eight

years old. Big Bertha also
holds the record for produc-
ing the most offspring. She

had thirty-nine calves dur-
ing her lifetime.

Calves of dairy cows are bottle-fed by farmers so that its
mother’s milk can be sold.

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