For nine weeks in 2001 scientists at the University of leicester in the Uk played music to 1000 cows. every day, from five o' clock in the morning to five in the afternoon, the cows listened to music the scientists wanted to find out what kind of music would make the cows produce more milk.
people who love the music of beethoven will not be surprised at the results. the scientists found that the cows that listened to slow, gentle music like beethoven's Pastoral Symphony produced 3 percent more milk than cows the had no music to listen to. but the cows that listened to fast rock music produced 1 per cent less milk!
one farmer found that hit chickens liked the music, too. I still play music to them, He said. but he waits until the chickens are three of four days old. if I play music to the one-day-old chickens, they follow the noise and crowd around the radio!