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A farmer puts music to his cows to improve milk quality

The music, especially good music, not only stimulates and improves mood in humans but also to react to irrational beings such as animals. For something a farmer of Monterroso, in the province of Lugo, the used, along with other springs for their cows to improve milk yield, and seems to have done, according to a report published by the newspaper El Progreso de Lugo , which also draw the picture.

The Maruxa Granxa of Cumbrae, in Monterroso, has nothing to do with conventional farming. Its owner, Marta Álvarez Quintero, decided to go for "a pleasant place" with brightly colored stalls, photographs landscapes, sand beds and livestock background music at all hours.
livestock She knows every one of the 55 cows on the farm by their names, taken from familiar characters. Of what it is, according to Martha, "lovingly caring for livestock. I am writing to each cow by name, talk to them and not as simple squeeze milk factories."

Each day, the cows graze freely Granxa Maruxa annex land over 20 hectares. Back to the stables lie in beds of sand, always in the background classical melodies. "With care, and with the confidence that the music transmits them on especially that of Mozart, the animals are more relaxed, give milk better and last longer. "In fact, the animals are about 25 liters of milk a day when genetically altered to double, but resistant to seven births when the normal thing that can withstand three or four.
The aesthetics of the farm also seems to appeal to animals because "they transmit joy and optimism," he explains. The cow print inside the stables, with a black background covered with white spots, complete with four images of landscapes, made by relatives of Martha devoted to photography.
Degree in Business, Marta Alvarez Quintero decided he runs his own farm in 2000. His family settled in Vigo, Cumbrae had rented facilities and used to visit on holiday. In one of those trips, Marta decided to stay.
Marta began her adventure in rural areas with 25 cows. Although hopefully, the beginnings were not easy. In a couple of years, she had to sacrifice all the animals in an outbreak of tuberculosis. He still remembers his eyes 'sad' as he refused to board the bus that would take them to slaughter. "It was a moment of great emotion," he says. Did not yield to adversity and began again with a group of Friesian cows brought from Holland.