Perrydell's Cows

The breed of cow that you will see here at Perrydell is mostly all Holstein, except for a Jersey calf that was bought for a 4-h project and has since grown up and produced a few cross breeds. The majority of the food that we feed our cows is grown here on our 170 acres. We have an enclosed herd, which means we raise all our own replacement cows. There are approximately 250 cows on our farm and we milk around 130 of them. They are milked twice a day and we do not inject them with the rBST hormone that would force them to produce more milk.

Cow Facts

  • The Dutch first brought Holestein cows into New York, when they were simply called Dutch Cattle.
  • Holestein cows produce the most milk of all breeds.
  • The mily production record is help by the cow Raim Mark Jinx with over 100,000 glasses of milk!