2000-GALLON COWS

Wairarapa Age, 19 December 1919, Page 7

2000-GALLON COWS

BREAKING THE RECORDS. LONDON, Oct. 16. Tho High Commissioner for New Zealand saw a statement that a British Friesian cow named Southill Countess had yielded in 320 days 2106 gallons of milk. Ho at onco capped this record by telling of experiences in Now Zealand, and as a result new records have been of almost daily occurrence ever since.

While Scuithill Countess may have eclipsed the yield of all other cows in tho country, Sir Thomas Mackenzie mentioned several instances of better yields as having been recorded in New Zealand. For instance, a HolsteinFriesian cow named Wcstmcre Princess Pietortje gave a yield in the season ended July, 1918, of 24,1991b of milk, representing, roughly, 2420 gallons and ■939.78 of butter-fat. "I might say that when I was Minister for Agriculture in tho Dominion we had on the Weraroa State Farm a cow of similar breed named Domino 111, which during the season 191112 gave a yield of 21,7221b of milk, representing about 2172 gallons, and 738.5481b of butterfat."

Then the Agent-General for Ontario hurried into .print with a "world's record." "A fow months ago," he wrote,'' an Ontario cow, Rolo Mcrccna do Kol,'established a world' 3 ■ record with 511b of butter in seven days, and 2001b of butter in 30 days. This fino cow's yiold of milk was 29201b in 30 days, or, roughly, 292 gallons, which is at tho rato of 2900 gallons in 300 days. Sho has since boon sold for £5200."

For this country, another British Friesian cow, Hedge's Moss Rose, Ims topped tho 2000-gallon mark, and joined tho select band which consists of Southill Countoss and Eske Etty. Moss Rose's record bids fair to bo the most phenomenal of all. Her 2000 gallons have been given in 271 days, and the average of ten monthly tests shows her milk to contain 3.87 per cent, of butter-fat. 'Moreover, if all goes well, in December she will have her second calf within eleven months. She has had five calvos and given 7440 gallons of milk sim e April 1, 1915. Mr. May, who raised her, also raised Esko Etty, tho first British 2000galloncr, whose full record for 365 day 3 was 2413 gallons. Moss Rose, with

2000 gallons in 271 days, is still yielding 5J gallons a day. Hedge's Moss Hose and all her daughters have been sold by Mr. May to Mr". J. H. Bean, of Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, who will attempt? a record herd average for milk production.