Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Thu 08 Aug 2008With a little help from a hair piece, Ireland's best cow steals the show
THERE WERE Mandies and Carmens and a Roxy, an Alice and even a Rosie but at the end of the day at Virginia Show in Co Cavan yesterday, the lady who emerged victor and won the title of the best cow in Ireland was called Lumville Danois 2.
And with that win a trade secret emerged, because this young cow was wearing a hair piece on her tail which is an accepted part of the showing trade to make the competitors look their very best.
Choose a Subscription type - required
