Answer the questions. 1) What is Clark’s business?

1) What is Clark’s business?

2) How many cows are there in the herd?

3) How does Tony Clark manage his herd?

4) How often do they milk their cows?

5) What do they do with the milk?

6) How much milk does each cow give?

7) Why is it important to know when a cow will give birth?

8) In what way does the calf’s birth affect milk production?

9) Why is cleanliness very important to dairy farmers?

10) What does Tony feed his cows with?

11) How often does the veterinarian visit Tony’s cows?

12) Does dairy farming take much time?

9. Find in the text the words and word combinations which mean:

молочні корови, сімейна ферма, високоякісний продукт, доїти двічі на день, скляні трубки, охолоджена цистерна, переробний завод, впливати на виробництво молока, корівник, вирощувати кукурудзу, конюшину та люцерну, заощадити гроші, оглядати стадо, брати відповідальність.

10. Read the list of dairy farmer’s activities and describe a typical day on the farm.

ü getting out to the barn as early as 4:30 AM;

ü cleaning and sanitizing of milking machines and equipment;

ü milking the cows;

ü feeding the cows;

ü taking the cows out to the exercise yard and cleaning their stalls;

ü taking care of the animals: checking bruises, wounds, hooves;

ü feeding and taking care of the young calves: bottle feeding for the new ones, a bucket of milk for the older ones;

ü taking care of the crops in the fields.

11. Where do we get milk from? How does it get from the farm to our table? What happens along the way? Use the illustration “From Field to Jug: Milk Story” and describe milk’s journey from the cow to the store.