AN EXTRAORDINARY COW.
IN MII,K OVER FOUR YEARS. The remarkable, record of a cow owned by a Mr James Burt, of Roseville, Australia, has been handed to the Australian press. The cow calved on April 26th, 1906, and has been milking continuously eve: since, which is remarkable, considering that she had no hay or hand-feeding of any kind. For several mouths after calving the milk yield was between four and five gallons daily. At the present time, after milking for four years and five months, she is giving between two and a-half and three gallons a day. For the week ending September 17th, this cow gave 20.2 gallons of milk, which, at a wholesale price, was worth 16s rod. The week previous to that a specimen of her milk was sent to Mr M. A, O'Callaghan (Government expert) to be tested. The result was a test of 5.2. The animal in question was bred near Goulburu, and is a first cross between the Alderney and Durham. She had one call previous to this long milking period, and on that occasion milked fur some ten or eleven months.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 902, 8 October 1910, Page 3
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187AN EXTRAORDINARY COW. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 902, 8 October 1910, Page 3
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