Farm Animals

K1 A cow that is giving milk is a ________.

K2 A cow that gives good milk or a lot of milk—she’s ________. [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K3a When a cow stops giving milk, you say she ________.

K3b When a cow stops giving milk, you say she’s a ________. [Not asked in early Questionnaires]

K4 The cow’s udder is called the ________.

K5 Milk comes out of the ________. [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K6 And taking the last of the milk from the udder:

K7 What sickness can a cow get in her udder—for example, if she’s left unmilked too long?

K8 Joking terms for milking a cow: A farmer might say, “Well, it’s time to go out and ________.”

K9 If one quarter of a cow’s udder does not give milk, you say she’s ________.

K10 Words used about a cow that is going to have a calf:

K11 When a cow has a calf, you say she ________.

K12 A cow that has never had horns:

K13 A cow that has had her horns cut off:

K14 Milk that has a taste from something the cow ate in the pasture—you say, “That milk is ________.”

K15 A thin, bony, or poor-looking cow:

K16 A cow with a bad temper:

K17 How is the word ‘heifer’ used around here? [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K18 What kind of mark is used around here to identify a cow? (Describe; where is it put?)

K19 Noise made by a calf that’s taken away from its mother:

K20 A calf that is sold for meat:

K21 The noise a cow makes, calling for her calf:

K22 Words used for a bull:

K23 Words used by women or in mixed company for a bull:

K24 What does the word ‘ox’ mean around here?

K25 What is a ‘steer’?

K26 If six oxen are hitched together two and two, you have three ________.

K27 What do you call the sharp-pointed stick used to get oxen to move?

K28 What are the chief diseases that cows have around here? (Open question)

K29 A male horse kept for breeding: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K30 A castrated horse: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K31 A horse that’s only partly castrated: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K32a With a team of horses, what do you call the horse on the driver’s right hand?

K32b The horse on the left side in plowing or hauling:

K33 When you’re driving horses (or mules), how do you make them start? [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K34 What do you say to make the horses stop? (Get actual exclamation.)

K35a What do you say to make the horses or mules turn right? [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K35b What do you say to make the horses or mules turn left? [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K36a What do you say to make a horse go faster?

K36b What do you say to make a horse go backwards?

K37 What do you call a horse of mixed colors?

K38 A horse of a dirty white color:

K39 What other names do you have for horses according to their colors? (Open question)

K40 The sound that a horse makes:

K41 A horse with its tail cut short is called a ________.

K42 A horse that is rough, wild, or dangerous:

K43 A horse that was not intentionally bred, or bred by accident:

K44 A bony or poor-looking horse:

K45 When a mare has had a young horse, you say she has just ________.

K46 If a horse or cow is deformed, what words are used about it? [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K47 What diseases do horses or mules commonly get around here? (Open question)

K48 When a horse is short of breath, you say it’s ________.

K49 You take a horse to the blacksmith to have it ________.

K50 Joking nicknames for mules:

K51 Talking about pigs, a very young one is called a ________.

K51b A half-grown pig is a ________. [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K51c A full-grown pig is a ________. [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K52 A male pig kept for breeding is a ________. (Any hesitation about using words like this before women?)

K53 Words used by women or in mixed company for a male breeding-pig: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K54 Names used around here for the smallest pig in a litter:

K55 A pig that doesn’t grow well and is not worth keeping:

K56 What do you call the stiff hairs on a pig? [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K57 The big teeth that stick out of a boar’s mouth:

K58 A castrated pig is a ________.

K59 What do pigs eat out of?

K60 When somebody is going to give the pigs food, he says, “I’m going to ________.”

K61 What do you call the pig’s nose?

K62 What do you call a female sheep?

K63 What do you call a male sheep?

K63b What do you call a male sheep that has been castrated? [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K64 Words used by women or in mixed company for a male sheep: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K65 A sheep that’s kept as a pet: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K66 The noise made by a sheep:

K67a Words for a male goat: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K67b Words for a female goat: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K68 What do you call a goat that habitually strikes people with its horns?

K69 The noise that a goat makes: [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K70 Words used around here for castrating an animal:

K71 A hen that is producing eggs is called a ________. [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K72 When the hen stops laying and begins to sit on the eggs to hatch them, she’s a ________.

K73 What names do you have for the rump of a cooked chicken?

K74 A bone from the breast of a chicken, shaped like a horseshoe:

K75 A male turkey is called a ________.

K76 What other kinds of poultry are raised around here? (Open question)

K77 What does the word ‘fowl’ refer to around here? [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

K78 What diseases do chickens commonly get around here? (Open question)

K79 How do you call the chickens to you at feeding time?

K80 The call that’s used around here to get the cows in from the pasture:

K81 To make a cow stand still—for example, when milking her—you say, “________.”

K82 The call used around here to get horses in from the pasture:

K83 To call a calf to you at feeding time:

K84 The call used around here to get the pigs in at feeding time:

K85 The call to sheep to come in from the pasture:

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