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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Interesting Farm Facts

* One acre of soybeans can produce 82,368 crayons.
* The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.
* There are 47 different breeds of sheep in the U.S.
* One pound of wool can make 10 miles of yarn. There are 150 yards (450 feet) of wool yarn in a baseball.

* The heaviest turkey ever raised weighed 86 pounds.
* Mature turkeys have more than 3,500 feathers.
* Turkeys originated in North and Central America, and evidence indicates that they have been around for more than 10 million years.

* Cows can detect smells up to six miles away!

* Like snowflakes, no two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.

(Excerpts from "FarmersFeedUs")