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Milk Yield

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Montgomery Cow, "Hoosni" Pusa Herd, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1302
Scope and Contents Photograph of the Montgomery cow, "Hoosni" of the Pusa herd whose milk yield 'during the last lactation period (11 months) was 5740 lbs' in the early 20th century. Additionally, 'Wallace' has been handwritten on the slide, but its meaning is unclear.
Dates: 1870s-1930s

Phenotypic correlations among daily records of milk yields, December 1993

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Identifier: Coll-1362/4/182
Scope and Contents Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1993. Part 2.
Dates: December 1993

Saniwal Cow, 420 Gallons, 4% Fat (Wallace), 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2886
Scope and Contents Photograph of a man (Wallace?) standing next to a Saniwal cow that had produced 420 gallons of milk at 4% fat in a wooded field in the early/mid 20th century.
Dates: 1870s-1930s

Story about a snake, June 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/23
Scope and Contents Story about a snake which tells how Donald [Currie], the grandfather of 'Fear Bhollsa na h-Uamh Moire' [Uamh Mhòr, Bolsa, Ìle/ Islay] knew that something was wrong with his cows' milk when he saw a serpent coiled on a hillock at the sheiling. The snake was the biggest he'd seen being about nine feet in length. Donald found two bullets in his gun and shot it dead. The story states that seven score [140] snakes were killed [on the island] the previous year [1876] and nine score [180] the year...
Dates: June 1887