User:Zanimum/Houckholm Farms

Houckholm was a cattle farm at Derry West, Toronto Township, Ontario. Officially known as J. E. Houck and Sons Farm, it bred various world record holding cattle.

The land was sold for the short-lived Jungle Park Zoo.

Cattle
J. E. Houck and Sons farm cattle included various world record holders. In 1950, 12-year-old Holstein cow Re-Echo May Burke set the milking record for a cow over 10 years old, with 35,314 pounds of milk containing 1,260 pounds of fat and a 3.57 test. It also qualified for the fat record for a Canadian Holstein over 10. Of the two other cows of that age to pass the 1000 pound mark, one was owned by Houck's father. In 1961, Houckholm Corrine Gall set a Canadian milk production record of "24,363 pounds of milk and 834 pounds of fat as a 3-year-old over a 305-day test period. A 1955 reference lists the operation as Hallward and Houck.