General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

A metal (silver?) trophy.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

26.0 cm

Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

33.0 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Award won in 1925 by the Central Experimental Farm Ayrshire Cow. The Central Experimental Farm was established so as to make Canadian agriculture more profitable, to increase food production, and to encourage families to stay on farms. Ayrshire were imported from Scotland to Canada in the early 1800s by Scottish settlers. The breed association was formed on March 10, 1898 from the merger of the Association of Importers and Ayrshire Breeders of Quebec (founded 1870) and the Canadian Ayrshire Association(founded in Ontario in 1872).

Function

Presented annually by the national breeders association to farmers to recognize a high rate of milk production for one year from a three year old Ayrshire cow.

Technical

The award recognizes high producers and thereby maintains and encourages breed production standards.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's etchings[front]:"CANADIAN/AYRSHIRE BREEDERS'/ASSOCIATION/3 YEAR OLD CLASS/ROP HONOR ROLL/1925." [back of trophy]:"WON BY/MORNINGSIDE BESSIE 69567/12225 LBS MILK/906 LBS FAT/SCORE 10,768 POINTS/OWNER/DIRECTOR EXPERIMENTAL FARM/OTTAWA ONT.

Missing

Nothing missing.

Finish

A shiny metal (silver?) trophy.

Decoration

The top of the trophy is worked there is an etching of a Ayrshire cow surrounded by a wreath of maple leaves and thistles. Decorate markings before the number three and below 1925.