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Nancy · Mar 23, 2003

Here's something for all you farmer types. Click on each guy/gal in the picture for a laugh.

http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf

Rain · Mar 23, 2003

I may be 'all wet' ... (you know that phrase?)

I may be 'all wet' ... (you know that phrase?)

Well Ann....

We had a small dairy on our farm when I was a kid.. and the way I remember it... the milking cows were the ?wet? ones and the ones not being milked were ?dry? ones... ya had to watch the ?wet going dry? ones for a while.. cause they would tend to develop a condition called Mastitis.. (or something like that) in their teats. My brother would give them shots with these humongous needles.

Princess Pfatbutt may need to verify this info..... I was pretty young at the time.

hensylee · Mar 23, 2003

Yes, Rain - you are correct. The wet cows had nursing calves - and milk. The dry cows were yet to play around with yonder bull and after playing around with yonder bull, would soon be a mama and called a wet cow. And the mastitis was called 'milk fever' by some.

So when you hang out with the dry cows, you are free to play with yonder bull.