Springbank Snow Countess
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- The Springbank Snow Countess was the world record holder for lifetime production of butterfat. She produced 2 sons and 5 daughters, she was worth $25,000 at her prime. she was bred and owned by Thomas Roy Dent. She was the champion over all breeds producing a total of 4,119 kg of butterfat from 94,114 kg of milk in 10 lactations. The record was not broken for 18 years. This was also Canada's first memorial to a record breaking cow. The monument was unveiled on august 4, 1937, just a year after she died.
- Inscriptions
- Springbank Snow Countess, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.-32
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- PC 151
- Collection
- Oxford County Archives Postcard Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.13339 Longitude: -80.83301 -
Springbank Snow Countess Monument:
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.1344704639305 Longitude: -80.7290899059296
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Springbank Snow Countess Monument, Woodstock, Ontario. Oxford County Archives. [COA PC151]
- Reproduction Notes
- Please contact the Oxford County Archives for a higher resolution copy.
- Contact
- Oxford County ArchivesEmail:archives@oxfordcounty.ca
Agency street/mail address:82 Light St. Bo 1614
Woodstock, ON N4S 6H1
