> ...all this from a "city boy" who had a lot of relatives as cow farmers in
> the state of Wisconsin, "America's Dairyland".  I could go on for a lot
> more, but I'm sure that others can contribute greatly to your cow knowledge
> base too (and correct any misinformation I gave)  ;-)

I (a small-town "boy") was somewhat amused today to observe that the people
at the local Oberveiss Dairy store put up a sign indicating "Our milk comes
from happy hormone-free heifers".

[1] How happy would any sort of animal be if all its hormones were removed?
    I can see the animal being free of any artificially-added hormones, but
    free of hormones entirely?

[2] How much milk are heifers likely to give, anyway?  I thought milking
    was rather strongly related to calving.