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Definition of Dairy cow
1. Noun. Cattle that are reared for their milk.
Generic synonyms: Bos Taurus, Cattle, Cows, Kine, Oxen
Specialized synonyms: Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, Friesian, Holstein, Holstein-friesian, Guernsey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dairy Cow
Literary usage of Dairy cow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1909)
"This seems a simple proposition, but the breeding, selection, care and feeding
of the dairy cow is a science not to be mastered in one day. ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1900)
"How to secure the most profit from the dairy cow is one of those ... In order to
have a profit from the dairy cow, we must have one that will pay for her ..."
3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1902)
"Another group of $20; another group of $23, and the special dairy cow gave a
profit of $45. There is this difference in cows eating the same amount and kind ..."
4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1905)
"Why not study the art of dairying" enough to know how to handle and care and feed
intelligently, the dairy cow. Now we will consider just for a moment, ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"In no line of improvement of live stock have more remarkable results been attained
than in the case of the dairy cow. This improvement has taken place in ..."
6. Dairy Farming by George Frederick Warren, Clarence Henry Eckles (1916)
"The dairy cow an Efficient Machine. From a given quantity of feed the dairy cow
... But the dairy cow must be raised, and the growing heifer is no more ..."
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