23 September 2015
The world's tallest cow
"Blosom," a Holstein in Illinois, was 6'4" from hoof to withers.
Posted in memory of my maternal grandfather, Knut Olaus Finseth, who was president of his local Holstein-Friesian association in Minnesota and who drew maps of his cows' spot patterns in case they wandered from the farm. That wouldn't have been necessary with this remarkable cow.
Via Gerard Vlemmings' classic blog, The Presurfer.
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Typo alert: Illinois
ReplyDeleteFixed. Thanks, Chris. (I really wanted to "fix" "Blossom," but I double-checked several sources and that's apparently how the family spelled the cow's name.
Delete"Withers" is a new word for me, but I already knew what is apparently a related word, withershins (sometimes spelled "widdershins").
ReplyDeleteThey appear to be related through Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against") since the withers are the parts of the animal that oppose the load and withershins is to go against the direction of the sun.
I didn't know the words were related. Thanks, Dan.
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