Guest guest Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 Perhaps there are some ideas here which our own farms could use during devotee open-houses this summer. A cow abhisek? Sounds like fun! ys hkdd ************************** (New York Times) Send in the Cows May 30, 2003 By LAUREL GRAEBER If March comes in like a lion, June is going to come in like a cow, at least in Prospect Park. Tomorrow and Sunday is An Extraordinary Dairy Weekend, a salute to all things bovine by the Prospect Park Zoo and the Prospect Park Alliance. Honoring National Dairy Month, the event will turn the park's Children's Corner into an urban farm, a Brooklyn Green Acres. The occasion's star is 10-year-old Aggie, the zoo's cow. "She is very famous in Brooklyn," said Kate McIntyre, a zoo spokeswoman. At the Cow Wash, which promises to be much more fun than a car wash, families can watch Aggie enjoy her bath. Children can also send her fan letters via the zoo's new Moo Box, a mailbox in her likeness. She is evidently a good correspondent: answers are promised within a month. "What initiated the event is that the zoo has these new Daisy Milkers," Ms. McIntyre said. They're not cows but cow-shaped wooden boxes that contain nursing bottles placed upside down. Although the bottles hold only water, they will offer children an introduction to milking. Other highlights include watching farm videos, creating cow masks at the zoo, and making butter and ice cream the old-fashioned way at the Lefferts Homestead Children's Historic House Museum. Parents can also take photos of their children imitating the "Got Milk?" advertisements on the Carousel Lawn from 1 to 2 p.m. (Yes, the park's got milk.) All this fun has a serious side, too. Visitors will receive "Save Our Zoo" stickers and can sign petitions supporting the zoo, which has been threatened by city budget cuts. The Wildlife Conservation Society would like to make sure that Aggie is not put out to pasture before her time. An Extraordinary Dairy Weekend, tomorrow and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Children's Corner of Prospect Park, near the entrance at Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn. Zoo events free with admission: $2.50; ages 65+, $1.25; 3 to 12, 50 cents; under 3, free. Lefferts Museum, free. Information: (718) 399-7339 (zoo) or (718) 965-8988 (Prospect Park Alliance). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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