11.   People have been building things out of natural materials for as long as they have needed baskets and fish nets and fences to keep the cows from wandering.

12.   The Britannia, incidentally, kept a cow aboard to ensure that passengers got fresh milk.

13.   The rain also improved pasture conditions for cattle grazing as an alternative to feed, encouraging farmers to keep their cows for now.

14.   Italian farmers blocked trucks at the borders to keep foreign cows out.

15.   Leo Timms, a researcher at Iowa State University, explained at a workshop this week that keeping cows as clean and comfortable as possible helps stem health problems.

16.   Researchers have tried to find ways to keep cows from eating pine needles and to prevent the effects on cows once they have.

17.   The family keeps cows and grows its own vegetables.

18.   The feed ban is designed to keep mad cow from spreading through animal feed if the disease does get into the United States.

19.   The outhouse is in the yard next to the shed where they keep their cows, and the family has to cross the street to use the communal bath.