A dairyman of Griffith (N.S.W.) has fl remarMible Shorthorn cow, which has iriven birth to seven calves during the last four years, amongst them being two lots of twins. In the same time this cow's calves have produced live. This makes a record of 12 descendants from the cow in four years, fhe last lot. of twins was dropped on December 27' 1918 and, like the preceding twins, were'heifers; in fact 10 of her doscondInts are heifers. The calving dates were as follow: -February, 1915, hei^r: January, 1916, heifer: DocomW 1016 bull; November, 191/, twin ■hJifonP: DcSnber, 1918, twin heifers. "WlSl giving 481b of mjlk tins ,-mv iostcd 5 per cent.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9545, 10 March 1919, Page 5
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111Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9545, 10 March 1919, Page 5
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