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Cows given waterbeds to improve milk

By T.K. Randall
August 27, 2010 · Comment icon 11 comments

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One dairy farmer in Glastonbury has given his cows waterbeds to help encourage them to produce better milk.
The cows can spend up to 18 hours a day lounging on the water beds and listening to classical music, the farm has been producing Farmhouse Cheddar for over 50 years.
Cows at Brue Valley Farms, in Glastonbury, Somerset, are also treated to classical music in the milking shed. The cattle can spend up to 18 hours a day lounging on their specially-designed rubber beds, which are cleaned and filled with 50 litres of fresh water every day.


Source: Telegraph | Comments (11)




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Comment icon #2 Posted by Fluffybunny 14 years ago
Next comes the disco ball, mood lighting and Barry White album..."Oh yeah baby...this goes out to all the sexy lactating bovines out there...you know who you are..."
Comment icon #3 Posted by questionmark 14 years ago
Next comes the disco ball, mood lighting and Barry White album..."Oh yeah baby...this goes out to all the sexy lactating bovines out there...you know who you are..." Barry White does not seem to work...cows prefer Mozart.
Comment icon #4 Posted by Ranyhyn 14 years ago
Barry White does not seem to work...cows prefer Mozart. I heard that they actually like Simon and Garfunkel. Think I read that in some magazine somewhere.
Comment icon #5 Posted by theGhost_and_theDarkness 14 years ago
I wonder what complaint PETA could come up with because of this. You know they've got to have one.
Comment icon #6 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 14 years ago
Good God! Sounds more like the farmers are trying to seduce the cows! LOL!
Comment icon #7 Posted by blueandi 14 years ago
Old news! cow's have been given waterbeds in state of the art cowsheds for years.
Comment icon #8 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 14 years ago
Old news! cow's have been given waterbeds in state of the art cowsheds for years. Maybe, but it was the first time I hear about it!
Comment icon #9 Posted by blueandi 14 years ago
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62748111.html Check out the date; June 5 2000
Comment icon #10 Posted by Rhincewind 14 years ago
all they need to do is give them their calves back and it would make them much happier
Comment icon #11 Posted by Eldorado 14 years ago
I know this is not exactly on-topic but whenever I see the words waterbed and cow together I think of my ex-wife. You see, I blame a waterbed for my divorce. It was after we got the bed that we started to drift apart.


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