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Polkherd Dairy Cow Sets State Milk and Butterfat Records
Babette the Babette cow from LeRoy and Russell Johnson of Dresser, Wisconsin, becomes Wisconsin’s all time record milk and butterfat producer for a mature cow milked twice daily in both 305 and 365 day lactations. Her 305 day total is 36,220 pounds of milk with 1,682 pounds of fat, and her 365 day run reaches 42,800 pounds of milk and 1,930 pounds of fat with a 4.5 test. She surpasses Kitty from Osseo in Wisconsin butterfat records, while nationally she moves into the No. 4 all time butterfat holder for 365 days, behind Breezewood Patsy Bar Pontiac. Babette’s feat cements west central Wisconsin’s top standing in American dairy history.
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LeRoy and
Russell Johnson
Rt. 1
Dresser
Babette
Wisconsin
U.S
Polk County
Bobette
Kitty
Obert
Allan Lundberg
Osseo
Lundberg
West Central
Pontiac
Gelbke Brothers
Vienna
Ohio