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Why do the call cows head?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

A head of cow properly spoken is one cow. Head refers to a number, or rather a variable. to use the term head is just a matter of counting, usually critters, say like sheep , horses, goats even people. Asking for a head count is asking how many. "I saw a herd of Elk about 10 head. they were mixed in with a herd of holstein cows and 4 or 5 head of horses".

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