A NEW CHAMPION COW

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 684, 8 June 1929, Page 29

A NEW CHAMPION COW

A CANADIAN FRIESIAN Canada's high standing among dairy countries was once more attested recently, when a Friesian cow, Canary Korndyke Olcartra, at Boharn, Saskatchewan, was officially declared the I world’s champion butter-fat producer, achieving this eminence by a substantial margin over the previous recordholder. The corv’s record for 305 days | was I,oßolb of butter-fat. or 1061 b j more than any previous record holder. [ The cow’s record for 305 days was | I.oßolb of butter-fat, or 1061 b more j than any previous record holder. In i the 305-day period, the cow produced | 39.3961 b of milk, with an average test j of 4.04 per cent butter-fat. This makes the latest of several world. ’s record dairy cows to be produced by Canada, and particularly by the Western Provinces, a truly remarkable attainment, considering the brief time which has elapsed since that territory first seriously turned its | attention to the development of fine purebred dairy herds. There was j very great enthusiasm, and Western Canada was justifiably elated, wTien in 1913 the province of Alberta produced I the champion milch cow of the British ! Empire. Since that time, many provinces of Canada have produced cows j which surpassed all previous produc- [ tion records, successively wresting j this honour from other countries ! which temporarily held it. Once more the championship is in Western | Canada.