A 1000LB. COW

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 11 October 1922, Page 2

A 1000 LB. COW

ALCARTRA OLOTHTLDE PIETJE Many attempts have bene made in New Zealand to produce a cow which would give 10001 bof butter-fat in ‘a year. This has been accomplished by Alcartra Clothilde Pietje, a 'Taranaki Friesian. She has produced 10001 h of butter fat, which is" equivalent to 1160 lbs of butter in a period of ten months. Tiie wprld’s record production for a Friesian cow, or for a cow of any breed, is held by a Canadian-bred Friesian, which produced 12701 b of butterfat _ m 365 days. This cow, Bella Pontiac, started for test five days after calving;— she was allowed to come to her full milk before her weights were recorded and no calving conditions were imposed. Moreover, she was stall-fed, groomed, and housed throughout the period of her test, and like the other 50 Fnesians and a few Jerseys which have succeeded in giving 10001 b of fat in 365 days, she was milked four times a day. 4 The ’ Taranaki-owned cow, Alcarta Clothilde Pietje, is the champion' .snow cow of the North Island, and «he was bred in this country. She is the New Zealander’s idea of a typical brieean dairy cow. It now scents probable that she will produce at least 11001 b oi but* terfal in "365 days after-completing her test, that is to say, she will have carried her calf for eight months of her testing period. Moreover, her test started on the day she calved. She was not allowed a single day to recover, hut her weights were recorded from the very first milking. -She lias never been housed —not* for a single night—but has run out in grass paddocks night and day summer and winter, and the farm .on. which she is being. tested' is in close proximity To the snow-dad ML Egmont. Naturally enough fAlcartfa Clothilde Pietje has been given all she*would eat, hut her feeding of concentrates ha« not been heavy. She..much preferred good Taranaki pasture. She lias* been milked three times a day. Her record completed will surely .rank as a worldjs record Ipr all breeds under the conditions of her tosL Its completion will be awaited with great interest. , Alcartra Clothilde Pietje is now ovfned by Mr V. Marx, of Mangatoki. He Purchased this champion cow from, a relative for 60 guineas, the price at which she was nurchascd from Mr Newton King, her* breeder, at the dispersal sale of that breeder’s herd. Mr King, also bred her dam and her sire. Mr Marx is a fortunate young man. Alcai “ i JClothilde Pietje js the Skl P* d cow he ever owned. He tested hei years ago, and shortly after her test was commenced she knocked her hag and injured £ quarter. From onlrthree sound quarters sire produced 842.711 b of fa , ■uul at the next calving she came in quite sound. Sim was’ undefeated m the showr ugs last season, calved WficerfuMy at the ß beginning of anAiiMg* making a phenomena/record,- Natmaiy Mr Marx has considerably increased tl e size "of his Friesian herd during the past ye During a visit to New Zealand Mr W. Hawker, president of the South Aus ialian Friesian'Club inject ed the clmmnion cow and described her as the best* ITJ™?™. he had ever, inspected.