Animal Science Exhibits Are A Hit On Picnic Day

Several thousand people visited the Animal Science exhibits at the Cole Facility on Picnic Day. The fistulated cow and stallion semen collection exhibits were as popular as ever.

The young man shown here got a chance to show his friends how to milk a goat.

And others discovered that some dairy goats crave human attention.

The Young Cattlemen's Association exhibit offered Picnic Day goers a chance to brush up on their knowledge of beef cattle.

Kids galore!

Who said we don't have prolific goats at our Goat Facility? Only about 5% of goat births result in quadruplets. But during a four-day period in March, it happened four times. Showing off their four-legged youngsters are, from left: student Judy Smith with the La Mancha-cross kids; Goat Facility Manager LaDonna Foley with the Toggenburg kids; student Nicole Gibison with the Nubian-Alpine cross kids; and, student Nancy Marshall with the Saanan kids. What a handful!