A HEAVY MILKER
CHAMPION FRIESIAN COW. The 6-year-old pedigree Friesian cow, Glenhope Queen Echo Jewel, bred and owned by Messrs C. W. Humm & Sons of Waikuku, has completed a Government official herd test record of 22,990.4 lbs of milk and 732.701bs of butter-fat in 305 days. She is now the heaviest milker of all ages, the highest mature cow for butterfat production and the second highest of all ages for butterfat production for Friesians tested under G.O.H.T. This cow's peak production reached 1031 b of milk in one day. Her best month was December with 2991.51 b of milk, and 89.741 b of butterfat. Glenhope Queen Echo Jewel won the Derby with a record of 6921 b of butter-fat. In the 1938-9 season she topped the Canterbury Herd Testing Association's competition with a yield of 6721bs of butterfat in 321 days.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1941, Page 8
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141A HEAVY MILKER Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1941, Page 8
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