SC - Re: Beestings--where do you get them?

[Mordonna22 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/26/2000 4:35:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
lilinah at earthlink.net writes:

<< e cream, 2nd 
 has less (would that be like 2 per cent milk - in the States here, 
 normal milk has 4 per cent cream, then there are 2 per cent, 1 per 
 cent, and non-fat available)
 
 So, i'm guessing that third milking would be like 1 per cent... 
 Anyone know better?
 
 Anahita al-shazhiyya
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Beestings is the first few milkings after the birth of a calf.  They contain 
colustrum, a substance that carries a lot of nutrients and antibiotics not 
found in later milkings.  The "third milking" would be the third time the cow 
was milked after the calf was born.  It is still higher in milk solids than 
later milkings, but not as thick as the first two.

Mordonna the Cook, (a former Dairy farmer)
SunDragon's Western Reaches
Atenveldt
(m.k.a. Buckeye, AZ)