An original informative speech, written by our student Aryan Singhal.

Aryan is 10 years old young writer & speaker from Gurugram. Sports is his passion. We are proud to have him as a student of the Little Kathakar Program, an Online Public Speaking through Storytelling & Drama Program using Applied Storytelling & Applied Theatre tools under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Aryan for this exemplary true self-expression.

How to Take Care of Pet Cows?

Do you know who gives us pure milk? A Cow, they are one of the most innocent animals who are harmless. People keep cows in their homes for various benefits. Cows are herbivore animals. They have a lot of uses for mankind. All farmers keep cows in their homes for the same purposes. The most important thing is that cows give us milk. Milk has a lot of benefits that keep various illnesses away. It also develops our immune system.

Milk also produces a lot of products like butter, cream, curd, cheese, and more. Cow dung is also used as an insect repellent. People also use it as building a material and raw material for paper making.

Here I present a popular mythological story behind milking the cow in the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Krishna and Radha felt thirsty and so the Lord created the cow. Surabhi or Kamadhenu then milked it. Drinking from the vessel, he let it fall the milk became the Ocean of milk, from which thousands of cows emerged from Surabhi to serve the Gopis, that is, the shepherds.

Water plays a big role in milk production of the cow and the control of body temperature and many other body functions in the cow. Cow dung is also used as an insect repellent. People also use it as a building material and raw material for paper making. While feed and ration management are generally monitored in detail, water intake, availability, and quality are often overlooked. Cows consume around 4-4.5 liters of water per kg of milk produced and drinking water can satisfy between 80-90% of a cow’s water needs.

Generally, cows only drink in short bouts during which they consume a total of between 10 to 20 litres of water. Cows drink between 7 to 12 times a day. Most cows prefer to drink after milking and during feeding. This behavior is seen in herds etc. Where cows will go to drink after visiting the robot. Water must be of excellent quality to ensure cows drink enough amount. We all should check the water we are giving to the cows every day because if the water is dirty and we will give it to the cows the milk we get from the cows will be dirty. That is why we should check the water every day. Daily the farmers work closely with nutritionists to plan and ration a cow’s diet. More than 50 percent of cow feed is grass but some farmers call it hay and silage. While people often think that dairy cows are fed a high-grain diet but in reality, they eat the leaves and stems from corn. Wheat and oats far more often than they are eating grain, like corn kernels. Daily all the cows do eat some grain which sometimes makes up less than one-quarter of their diet.

Some of them have been grown specifically for cows and other types have been recycled after food, like barley that has been used first to brew beer. The rest of a cow’s diet includes ingredients like almond hulls, canola meal, and the leftovers from producing canola oil. As a cow owner, sheds are necessary to provide homes for the cows where they can thrive and grow. Although many zero-grazing cows are left outside and only have a boundary around them. It is essential to provide proper shelter for them as well. Healthy cattle can tolerate extremes of temperatures if they adapt and have adequate feeding and plenty of water. However, shelter can improve the welfare of the cattle and reduce production losses. Animals without shelter need to put more energy into normal functioning and less into production.

To conclude I would like to urge the readers to love, nurture and respect cows. Don’t kill them and stop eating beef.

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