LISTEN FARMERS!

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 93, 19 August 1942, Page 5

LISTEN FARMERS!

42.000L8S MILK ANNUALLY WORLD'S CHAMP FRIES]AN Something which will make • dairymen on the Rangitaiki sit up and take notice is the performance of Carnation Ormsfoy Madcap Fayne, of the famous • Carnation Milk Farm Seattle Washington, U.S.A. This cow on May 21 last completed the greatesi milk record ever made by iany cow, anywhere else in the world, producing" in one year ac- - carding to strict test, no less than 41,943.41b5, exceeding the former record by 3,336.81b5. The • amount of butterfat she produced (the greatest of any cow that ever lived, with the exception of her paternal sister Carnation Ormsby Butter King) was 1,392.4 lbs. Analysed by F. C. Fountain, of the University of I'daho, the milk contained 1,4(i31bs of protein, enough to meet the needs of an average man for 28 years, and 2,0341bs of milk sugar—enough for 19 families for one year. It contained 481bs of calcium ami 371bs of prospliorous, enough of these minerals to take care of an average family for 21 years and also 30,238,740 units of Vitamin A. 2,105.388 I.U. of Vitamin B, 4,194,000 units of Vitamin C and 6,123,240 Sherwin units of Vitaman B2 more than 11 years supply for a man. From the "milk produced by this cow during the past year coultl be made 37751bs of cheese (enough for 686 people for a year). The milk (19,508 quarts) was sufficient to 'supply a man with milk to 83 years of age or to feed 53 cliiklren for a year. The heart of this cow pumped 23 tons of blood daily through her - udder. These figures help us to understand something of the importance •of correct feeding to supply the proper raw materials and the import'Uncc of strength of the vital organs Ho maintain such production, not to mention the animal's astounding • ability to convert roughage and grain into milk.