Elm Farm Ollie

Elm Farm Ollie

Elm Farm Ollie (known as "Nellie Jay" and post-flight as "Sky Queen") was the first cow to fly in an airplane, doing so on 18 February, 1930, as part of the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. On the same trip, which covered 72 miles from Bismarck, Missouri, to St. Louis, she also became the first cow milked in flight. This was done ostensibly to allow scientists to observe midair effects on animals, as well as for publicity purposes. A St. Louis newspaper trumpeted her mission as being "to blaze a trail for the transportation of livestock by air."

Elm Farm Ollie was reported to have been an unusually productive Guernsey cow, requiring three milkings a day and producing 24 quarts of milk during the flight itself. Wisconsin native Elsworth W. Bunce milked her, becoming the first man to milk a cow mid-flight. Elm Farm Ollie's milk was sealed into paper cartons which were parachuted to spectators below. Charles Lindbergh reportedly received a glass of the milk.

Although Elm Farm Ollie was born and raised in Bismarck, Missouri, it is largely in the dairy state of Wisconsin where her fame has lived on. The Mount Horeb Mustard Museum in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin sponsors a celebration of the groundbreaking cow every 18 February. Festivities have included the production of a lighthearted opera entitled "Madame Butterfat".

References

*Forsythe, Roger (1992). " [http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostfran/tales_legends/ollie_flyingcow.html Nellie the Flying Cow] ". Flat River, Missouri Daily Journal.
*McCann, Dennis (1998). " [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_19980215/ai_n10395292 Guernsey took to the skies for milking demonstration] ". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

External links

* [http://www.s-t.com/daily/02-98/02-25-98/b05ad073.htm "Tale of a flying cow is milked for all it's worth." South Coast Today]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881962-1,00.html "Time" magazine, February 24, 1930,] article about airshow; no mention of cow
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,738795,00.html "Time" magazine, March 3, 1930,] article about airshow; no mention of cow
* [http://www.guernseycattle.com/artman/publish/article_33.php English Guernsey Cattle Society,] description of shipment of cattle to Antarctica in which Bunce was also involved; includes picture of Bunce


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