Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1882 — A Monstrous Cow. [ARTICLE]

A Monstrous Cow.

In a recent issue of the Ohio State Journal we notice on account of a monstrous cow owned by Mai tin S. Stakes of Grayville, White county, Illinois. This cow is seven years old and. weighs 3.000 pounds, is 11% hands high, feet long from the nose to the buttock, \l% feet long from the end of the nose to the end of the tail (considerable tail), 8 feet 9 inches around the girting, 26 inches around the forearm and 31 inches across the hips. She has been exhibited in four States—lllinois, Indiana, Miwsouri and Tennessee. She is white and red, mostly the latter, well formed, and a perfect l eauty; has two calves, one three years old and the other three months old. She was raised in Posey county, Indiana. Now this is a little the bigglstcow story we ever heard of, and if these are.facts, she is probably the largest cow in the world. However, we shall not dispute the writer’s word at all, for while this may be true, and sufficient proof can be obtained to testify of the same. We l.ave a cow ten years old, that has given birth to ten calves, being three years old before having the first calf. Now some may think this % dream; but it is a fact, aud can be proven. She is a grade Short-horn, very large; however, not so large as brother Stake’s cow (indeed much smaller). She is of a light roan color, almost white. When three years old she gave birtn to a very fine heifer calf. When four, a pair of twin bull calves. When fl /e, twins again, one of each sex. Thus y ou see she had three sets of twins in succession, making her as many calves as she is years old, or averaging one calf for every year of her life. Now if any of the brother farmers has a oow that can beat that, let them trot her out. J. H. Coopebider. Licking Co., O. The Italian parliament has passed a literary and dramatic copyright bill. The United States apprentice ship. Portsmouth, concerning the safety of which some uneasiness has leen felt, has arrived at Newport. The indications are that most of the victims of the Golden City disaster jumped overbjard aud were drowned without waiting to be burned to death.