Cow’s 29th Calf
One of New Zealand’s oldest cows, if not the oldest as she is thought to be, was calved on October 4, 1916. The Taranaki Daily News says that she had her first calf in 1918 and calved regularly for the following 10 years. Her owner, Mr S. B. Miller, then at Hikumutu, reduced his herd, and Barbara, then 12 years old, was put with the run cattle. Last year she had her 29th calf. She had naturally become noteworthy, and was the subject of an article in the New Zealand Journal ol Agriculture. Mr Miller has retired to Taumarunui, and has taken the cow with him, to end her days peacefully in a paddock at Rongaroa. She will not be asked to produce any more calves.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 August 1949, Page 2
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