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The Miracle of the Dairy Cow

Dairy Husbandry Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, Md.

ABSTRACT

All through history the cow has provided man with milk, one of his most important foods. The cow was one of the first of the domesticated animals, and man has taken this trusted bovine with him wherever he has migrated. He has always used the cow as a source of food, both milk and meat, and as a beast of burden. Great industries have been developed, based on the product of the cow. Man's advancement in intelligence, physical development and health, and in his material achievements has been accompanied with advancement in the development of the dairy cow. Wherever great and progressive societies have developed, there also is to be found a great and progressive dairy industry.

Milk is man's most important food. It is the most complete food available to him. Milk is a food common to all people, and in most countries cow's milk is relied on to supplement or replace mother's milk as the first and only food to supply the essential nutrients for the infant and early childhood period. It is equally important to the growing adolescent and to the adult of all ages.