with her daughter as well. beautiful there, guys. steve: i had no idea the butter cow was 18 years old. that s amazing. abby: that s right. and the butter, it butters how many pieces of toast like 19,000? , 19,200 or something. ainsley: i don t think you want to butter your toast with that you don t want to eat that butter. been around for a long time. steve: abby out in iowa. thank you very much. ainsley: we have all been to the iowa state fair. there is a cleanest fair. a lot of cement. concrete walkways. we don t have that at the carolina state fair. this is the most pristine fair i have been able to. steve: they have a lot of things baconnized. ainsley: oreo bacon. steve delicious. griff: 20-year-old butter cow. check in with carley shimkus did you know? carley: i love the fun fact how many pieces of toast the
wants to be on the stage. wants to be the center of attention and would have to be there. ainsley: he has to sign that rnc pac that i will support whoever is the nominee. steve: i read something yesterday the rnc thinks he actually would. ainsley: he is ahead by 30 or 40 points in every poll. steve: going to be a big show. it s the official launch of the big campaign. he ought to be there. griff: official is launch abby hornacek milking cows at the iowa state fair. already gotten under underway. ainsley: very important fair. griff: hey, abby, are you milking any morikawas out there? abby: i m not milking the cow that i m about to talk about. first off, i want to say people come to iowa state fair for so many different reasons. since you were just talking about politics. goes back to the 1970s and the start of the iowa caucuses. it s been a popular destination, of course, for presidential hopefuls. it gives them an opportunity to increase their likability. talk to voters
abby: well, there you have it. a very strong message there. while politicians are buttering up their voters at the iowa state fair. sarah here is buttering up the famous butter cow. sarah, this is crazy. people come from all over to see this thing. and a typical dairy cow weighs about 1,000 pounds, right? how much is this one coming at. 1,000. 600 pounds is butter. ainsley: what is it like to work with butter as a medium multi-melty and all over the place. beautiful product to scalp with much like clay. we recycle our butter. it s 18 years old. and the longer we use it, the more like clay it is. ainsley: no one should eat that butter? no eating. ainsley: first butter cow 1911. distinct honor for you to be able to sculpt this butter cow. thank you for joining me this morning. this is awesome. if you are in iowa. you have got to come see this thing. sarah is so talented she does it