AN EXTRAORDINARY COW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 935, 30 September 1910, Page 8

AN EXTRAORDINARY COW.

IN MILK OVER FOUR YEARS. i V iV; - ......... ....v - r -jv \^'.' i'i';S.'The remarkable'reiixii'd'of :aVto,w, o;raed' • by a Mr. . James-Burt,- of RosovlUcj'Alustralia, has: been'-handed; to ; the./Austrjllian fW'iSOS,'' iiid; : -has -\been' 'milking./cq'ntmuously * ever; sinoo,' which '■ is remarkable,-considffi; : ingthat-shehad'-nbrhayior-hand-feeding ; <"of ■any; 1 kind^..ilTor:several:months.after 1 ' *'• calving the;.milk- yield'-.was:between'four: ■ J - and five gallons .daily. 'At : the,pr.esent . ''time, after .milking: for fo*ur.-'years':; and: " five 1, months, she is giving 'between two ' and a half andfth'rea gallons a day. For ; ;■:•'-. )!■ week ending September 17 this cow '•'" gave"' 20.2: gallons: of milk, - which;: I ,' at . : wholesale ,price, .was worth,,lGs/ lOd. The week previous*.to. that' a specimen .01 her. :■ milk was sent:to Mr. M.-.A; O'Callaghan (Government Expert) to. be :tested,/;;The : ' result was 'a 'test of '5.2. , Thfe animal::in. question was bred near Gonlburn/ aild is ■• a first ■ cross between the '.A Iderncy and Durham. She had one- calf ■ previous to this long-uil.lking period,' and oil-that occasion milked -for : iomc; teu or, .-eleycri '. months. ''

OTAGO HORSE PARADE. (By Telegraph.—Press ' Association.) :* :■ Dunedinj September 29. -Tlie.annual..house, parade of, the Otago A.: and P.: Society "was held at -Tahuna Park torday. ! , Winners.--Among, all 'ajred stallions s William Gardiner's'.' BaronX'FyT; Tie, lj.'J. D.-Wyllis's Baron Everest,2r 'jt.: Saunders's , Major:. Steward, -3;'" 'It. ■saw ; n's Agitator, 'l. : .. . i.. j!.,, The winner ,of the Challenge Clip and Championship iwas Bai'oll Fyvie, and the Seserve champion Earl-Stewart. ' s

/Lucerne is being grown .more than :e'vei' before in the; Mastertoti district,ing ,to . news published in- tho •. "Daily Times." : .. . .. ■ ■