RECORD COWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1846, 29 June 1918, Page 4

RECORD COWS.

A London cable stales that an English Friesian cow that yielded 2,400 gallons of milk during the year was sold for 3,500 guineas. The cable may refer to the Hol-stein-Friesian cow, Eske Hetty, which has again beaten all records for the United Kingdom, this phenomenal milker, belonging to Mr F. B, May, Saltcote Hall, Hey bridge, having achieved the distinction of being the first cow of any breed in the British Isles to yield 2,000 gallons of milk in one lactation period. Bhe calved on April 21st, 1917, and her yield to January 13th was 20,0491 b. in 262 days, when she was giving 511). daily. She is also the first British cow to give 10 gallons of milk in 24 hours. Mr May’s herd is under the control of both the South Essex Milk Recording Society and the British Holstein-Friesi-an Milk Records Department, so that this record is doubly authenticated. Eske Hetty’s previous yields were 1,120 gallons in 273 days of 1914, 1,051 gallons (but-ter-fat 2,50 per cent.) in 311 days of 1915, and 1,460 gallons (butterfat 3.27 per cent.) in 257 days of 1916. Mr May is fortunate in possessing three daughters of Eske Hetty, who is now only in her eighth year, and who has produced live calves. In a challenge to all cows in the world, Mr May says the natural conditions under which Eske Hetty has done her official yield are; She has not been forced in any way. She calved in April, and was kept out of doors every night until October 15th. She has only been milked twice daily. She goes out on to my marshes every day and in all weathers. During the mouth of December she has often been out of doors by 7 a.m., and stopped out until Ip.m. Her byre is very cold in winter; her drinking water gets

frozen over in her byre., Lulscke Vale Cornucopia, the world’s record cow for milk production, died while on the show circuit a few days ago in western AYashington, IJ.S.A. This famous cow produced 31,2461b5. of milk in 365 days, thereby breaking the .former world’s record held by Tilly AlcarIra. She dropped (win calves previous to making her world’s record in 1916. Again in March, 1617, she dropped twins, and was making an even better record than that of last vear when she suddenly died, due to infection caused by a nail found in her stomach. For the first 100 days she averaged a little over 100 lbs. of milk per day.