Ayrshire s World Record With 1227lb. Fat In 10 Months

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19024, 26 May 1936, Page 12

Ayrshire s World Record With 12271 b. Fat In 10 Months

A NEW world’s record, regardless ol ** breed, was recently established wlnai the groat dairy cow, Grange Rosebud II < NS7:;), i• i) 1111) j i l l cd a JOJda\ record oi 2.i,lbdb. oi milk and .12271 b. ol butterfat, calving :i;;;uii within ddO days ol' her [in: \ ions freshening.

The same Inflation, conliimod lor ils lull .‘Kid davs, resultod in the remarkable record ol 2(i,77blii ol -I.X.S per coni, milk and UOfilb. ol Imtlertal, giving li’cr Ihe title oi tin 1 World .• greatest Ayrshire butterfat producer, regard less of age, class or i requeue., of mi Iking.

The new Ayrshire ipieen was broo by Air. John Bla ter, Grange, Kircudbright, and is owned Dy voi. a. . Nicholson, (Innside, 1.-cok, Staffordshire, England, who purchased he. Liom her then owner, .Mr. Janies Gilliland. Grassmillees, Alauchlinc. Colonel Niclialson niiide his select ion at tiie :P;;g London Dairy Show where ..range Rosebud II had been sent bv Lie Ayrshire enthusiasts oi' Scotland o demonstrate tin l dairy qualities or their breed. Evidence that she fully lived up to her responsibilities is found in the fact that she milked Till) of 0.2 per cent milk per day while on (; xll iliit ion.