STATUE TO COW.
FAMOUS HOLSTEIN ' MILKER. A life-size metal statue of a cow, weighing five tons and resting on a granite base, will he unveiled in August on the farm of its owner, Mr T. R. Dent, of Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. The famous cow thus to he commemorated was the Holstein Springbank Snow Countess, which died a year ago at the age of 16 years. . A The cow set a new lifetime record over all breeds of 90621 b of fat. Hexgreatest year’s production was 25,763 lb of milk and 11251 b fat, when shu was six years old. Sons and daughters of fie cow are scattered throughout the world. The statue to the worthy milkgiver will be set up in park ground;? beside the paved highway that runs from Toronto to Windsor, so that passers-by may read of her fame.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 159, 7 June 1937, Page 12
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141STATUE TO COW. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 159, 7 June 1937, Page 12
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