Many lifesaving medicines          used by humans                          come from cattle.

. A 550 kg (1210 pound) steer will produce approximately 295 kg (650 pounds) of edible meat.

. Cortez brought cattle to North America in 1521 from Cuba.

. Canada imports almost no beef from the areas where rain forest destruction is taking place.

14.9 litres of water is required to make one hamburger.  By comparison, a FIVE minute shower could use 135 litres of water.

. 96% of the Canadian population eat food that 3.5% of Canadian farmers produce.

. Pork has 47% less fat than it did 7 years ago.

. By-products fro hogs include insulin for the treatment of diabetes;  hog heart valves to replace diseased or damaged human valves;  and, skin from hogs is used to treat severe burn victims.

. Chickens and turkeys were brought to North America by white settlers in the early 1600's. 

. It takes 21 days for a chicken to hatch.                                                                               

. A typical dairy cow consumes a bathtub full (about 60L) of water every day.

. One in every three bites of food depends on insect pollination

. It takes a bee a whole lifetime to collect one single teaspoon of honey - don't spill a drop!

. The average egg laying hen lays 280 eggs a year.

. About 600,000 dozen eggs are sold in Canada every year.  If you put all these eggs end to end, they would circle the world seven and a half times!

99% of every beef cow is used:

-          Gelatin from the bones and horns is used in the making of marshmallows, ice cream, canned meats and other gelatin products.

  Oleo Stock is derived from beef fat and is used for margarine shortening and oleo stearine, which is used for the making of chewing gum and certain candies.

In-edible by products:

. leather for handbags, gloves, shoes, footballs, etc.

. hair from the hide is used in the production of insulation and rug pads your home warm

. fine hair from the ear is used to make “Camel Hair” artists brushes

. the bones, horns, hooves supply many important by-products such as buttons, bone china, piano keys, glues.

. non-edible gelatin is used for photographic film, wallpaper, sandpaper, toothbrushes and violin strings.

. Beef tallow is an important by-product for it supplies many products that we use in everyday life, i.e. glycerin for lipstick, face and hand creams, toothpaste and cough medicine.  Cleaning agents are derived from tallow;  commercial soaps, industrial cleaners, shampoos, liquid soap and detergent.

. inedible fats are used for candles, fabric softeners, automobile tires, adhesives, crayons, explosives, inks and matches.