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	Great BLUE MARBLE - On The Farm

What is the largest horse? What is the largest cow? What is the largest pig and sheep?
	Farm Animal Superlatives

The largest recorded horse was a Percheron breed in 1903 that was 21 hands high, and weighed 3,940 lbs. A Suffolk breed in 1930 was 21 hands high and 2810 lbs., and the Brooklyn Supreme, a Belgian breed that lived in the 1930s (thumbnail picture above), was 19.2 hands high, and weighed 3,200 lbs. The Chianina is the largest cow, or bull for that matter (thumbnail picture above). The average Chianina cow weighs between 1,700 and 2,400 lbs. and stands 5 feet tall at the whithers (top of the shoulder). The average bull weighs 3,000 pounds. The largest Chianina bull on record weighed 4,300 lbs. The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill. The giant pig weighed a portly 2,552 lbs. and was so large that he dragged his belly on the ground. He had a shoulder height of 5 feet and a length of 9 feet. The largest sheep ever recorded was a Suffolk ram named Stratford Whisper 23H. This sheep weighed 545 lbs. and stood 43 inches tall at the shoulder.

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Did you know? Horses are equines and cattle are bovines.

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Adult Quarter Horse	Horse and Foal	Young Quarter Horse

Did you know? A male horse is called a stallion. Horses can reach speeds of 60mph. Quarter horses run shorter distances.	Did you know? A baby horse is called a foal. A colt is a young male. Unlike people, horses can walk shortly after birth.	Did you know? A mature female horse is called a mare. Females are valued for breeding. The horse family are equines.

Male Brown Cow	Dairy or Milk Cows		Female Brown Cow

Did you know? A male cow is called a bull. Cows are vegetarians, and eat mostly hay or grass.	Did you know? Like us, cows need a certain amount of salt. This cow is licking a salt block.	Did you know? Domesticated cows in general are called cattle or bovines. Females have utters.	Did you know? A female is called a cow. Elephants, whales, and moose are also called cows.

Proverbs to Live By

He who sows the
land trusts in God.

Spanish Proverb

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Proverbs to Live By

Kindness is the
golden chain by
which society is
bound together.

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