1998 there were just over 26.7 million cattle in Australia, and about three million of these were dairy cattle, with the remaining being beef cattle. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in June 2004, these figures had not changed a great deal. Beef cattle numbers were still about 23.3 million.
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Cows were introduced to Australia in 1788 by the First Fleet, which was a group of British ships that established a penal colony at Port Jackson, now known as Sydney. The cows were brought as a source of fresh milk and meat for the colony.
Two cows have 2 legs.
As often as possible and as often as there are cows that are needing his services. That said, a bull can breed as many as 2 to 10 cows (or more) per day, depending on how many cows are in heat on that day.
The function of a bull is to operate as half of your entire cow herd. In other words, his job is to breed your cows and sire as many offspring as he can in his lifetime with the many cows and heifers he is offered to service and as many cows and heifers allow his services.
In Pharaoh's dream in the Bible, there were seven healthy cows and seven gaunt, sickly cows.