PROFITABLE COW
MILKING A.T TWENTY YEARS
Over 20 years old, looking in splendid milking condition and still producing 40lh of milk a day with a 4.1 test. That is the record of Maori, a Jersey grade cow, bred by her owner, Mr W. H. Butler, Rahotu, in Taranaki. It is a refreshing record, particularly in these days, when heavy replacement costs m herds are such a disquieting feature of dairy farming. Maori nearly finished her career when she was only three or four days old, for at that stage she slipped on the concrete floor of the shed and broke one of her hocks. Mr Butler was just about to kill her when by a fortunate chance Mr R. B. Word, wellknown veterinarian, walked into the shed. He put the broken leg in sjDlints and bound it, with the result that Maori made a good recovery, though the effect of the accident is still noticeable in her waht to-day.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 106, 5 January 1940, Page 7
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159PROFITABLE COW Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 106, 5 January 1940, Page 7
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