Helen The Cow

One of the projects I most wanted to accomplish was to find a new dairy cow for the Centre. I have been discussing this with Sr. Margaret over email for some time, and there was a problem getting a good Holstein without going to South Africa and importing it. When I arrived, they told me we were to visit a livestock dealer in the interior. The Federal vet had said he would have a good selection, and as we couldn't contact him, we had to leave at 6 a.m. and hope to find him at home doing chores.
It was a great drive throughi the mountains.Luck was with us as he was there, but he had switched to Jerseys in the past few months and only had three on offer. I was content with the breed ,as the cost of feeding them is lower and the higher milk fat not an issue for the kids, so we went ahead and rectalled the two in the age range I wanted. The beautiful three year old second calf heifer shown here was in calf,and we are going ahead with her purchase. Hopefully, she will soon be milking and they will have two for one. Sr Margaret wants to call her Helen ??????