Cows in the

ParlorBy Mr. Mallory

Vocabulary

• graze• bales• silo• parlor• automatic• frisky

graze

• When the weather is nice, the cows like to graze in the pasture.

• Every morning, Eddie sent the horses out to graze on grass, clover, and hay.

graze

• Graze means to feed on growing grass.

bales

• In the summer, Mr. Riddle and the farm workers cut grass, dry it in the sun, and make it into bales of hay.

• Mr. Taylor filled the back of the truck with bales of hay and took us all for a long hayride.

bales

• Bales means large bundles of things tied together.

silo

• Then the silo is filled with this chopped corn, which is called silage. The silo is very tall.

• You can see the silo from far away. It is the tall, circular structure where feed is stored for the winter.

silo

• A silo is a large, round tower for storing feed for farm animals.

parlor

• The parlor in a dairy barn is not a pretty living room. It is the room where the cows are milked.

• Connie went out to the parlor, where her uncle was milking the cows, so she could pet her favorite cows, Daisy and Lilly.

parlor

• The parlor is the room where cows are milked.

automatic

• Now there are automatic milking machines to make the job quicker and easier.

• My family does not have an automatic dishwasher; we wash our dishes by hand.

automatic

• Automatic means operating by itself.

Automatic Manual

frisky

• Calves are frisky and like to play.

• The frisky puppy ran, barked, and dropped the ball at Jimmy’s feet over and over again.

frisky

• Frisky means full of energy, playful, and active.