Requirements
- 1.
Know 25 parts of a dairy cow.
- 2.
What considerations are made when selecting a calf?
- 3.
Know the care, management, and feeding of dairy cows during their following stages:
- a.
Calves
- b.
Weaning to six months
- c.
Six months to fifteen months
- d.
Fifteen months to springers
- e.
The dry cow
- a.
- 4.
Know the proper feeding techniques for a lactating cow.
- 5.
Know how milk is produced in the cow.
- 6.
Know the steps in milking a cow either by hand or machine.
- 7.
Know eight parts of a milking machine.
- 8.
What is mastitis? What steps can be taken to prevent mastitis?
- 9.
Know five herd health problems, their symptoms, and how to prevent and/or treat them.
- 10.
Know the meaning of the following terms:
- a.
Concentrates
- b.
Crude protein
- c.
Cull
- d.
Dry period
- e.
Lactating
- f.
Lactation cycle or period
- g.
Oxytocin
- a.
- 11.
Explain the pasteurization of milk and the proper care of dairy utensils and appliances.
- 12.
Assist with the care and milking of a dairy herd of cows for at least three months.
About this honor
- Category
- Outdoor Industries
- Skill level
- 2
- Division
- General Conference
- Edition
- 2001
- Original honor
- 1929
Requirements are published by AdventSource for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Advent Clubs reproduces them here for club leaders and links the original document above.