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There was never a cow in all Normandy, or for that matter in all of France, that was so celebrated as Marie II. Dappled brown and white and the picture of contentment, Marie poured out milk so plentiful and creamy that she won blue ribbons by the score and, on one occasion, was bussed on both brown cheeks by President Coty of France. Cattle connoisseurs paid millions of francs for Marie's offspring, and Marie repaid their confidence. She broke the world record last year by producing a phenomenal 24,967 Ibs. in 330 days—enough for 1,658 Ibs. of butter.
Marie's glory was also...
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