Show ribbon, Market Milk Cow Competition 3rd Prize Southland A&P Show 1967; Unkn...
Show ribbon, Market Milk Cow Competition 3rd Prize Southland A&P Show 1967
About this object
The Muirhead family came to Waimatuku in the early 1920s, from the Nokomai/Garston area where they were farming and gold mining. They took up land near where the Waimatuku River joined with the Tunama Stream. This was Harbour Board Endowment land and very wet. Leonard and his father began farming in partnership in 1941.
Leo and his wife Hilda (neé Somerville) were dairy farmers and had a very successful Ayrshire stud (started by his father) and they exhibited in the local A&P shows. Ivanhoe Phar lap was a frequent champion bull. They won many awards, including this 3rd prize ribbon in 1967 for the New Zealand Milk Board 'Market Milk Cow Competition'.
Leo and Hilda had two children, Judith and Lindsay. Leo died in 1970 and the family left the district soon after.
Manufacturer
Date Made1966-1967
Period1960s
Place Made Medium and Materials
organic, animal, animal product, silk
inorganic, processed material, synthetic
Text reads 'New Zealand Milk Board Market Milk Cow Competition Southland A.&P. Show 1967 : 3rd.'
Measurementsh 2020 mm x w 100 mm
Subject and Association Keywords Object Type Object numberRI.W2014.3576.8
Rights
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)