1. Cows in the Parlor By Mr. Mallory

2. Vocabulary graze bales si  lo par  lor au  to  mat  ic frisk  y

3. graze When the weather is nice, the cows like to graze in the pasture. Every morning, Eddie sent the horses out to graze on grass, clover, and hay.

4. graze Graze means to feed on growing grass.

5. bales In the summer, Mr. Riddle and the farm workers cut grass, dry it in the sun, and make it into bales of hay. Mr. Taylor filled the back of the truck with bales of hay and took us all for a long hayride.

6. bales Bales means large bundles of things tied together.

7. silo Then the silo is filled with this chopped corn, which is called silage. The silo is very tall. You can see the silo from far away. It is the tall, circular structure where feed is stored for the winter.

8. silo A silo is a large, round tower for storing feed for farm animals.

9. parlor The parlor in a dairy barn is not a pretty living room. It is the room where the cows are milked. Connie went out to the parlor, where her uncle was milking the cows, so she could pet her favorite cows, Daisy and Lilly.

10. parlor The parlor is the room where cows are milked.

11. automatic Now there are automatic milking machines to make the job quicker and easier. My family does not have an automatic dishwasher; we wash our dishes by hand.

12. automatic Automatic means operating by itself. AutomaticManual

13. frisky Calves are frisky and like to play. The frisky puppy ran, barked, and dropped the ball at Jimmy’s feet over and over again.

14. frisky Frisky means full of energy, playful, and active.