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	Elm Farm Ollie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elm_Farm_Ollie (290 words)

	Nellie The Flying Cow
		Elm Farm Ollie--known locally as "Nellie Jay" by those who had the privilege of milking her at Bismarck's Sunnymede Farms--has become a bona fide bovine folk hero.
		While written reports are utterly impossible to come by, those who remember Ollie recall that she was a young guernsey of two when she was first thrust into the limelight of the public's eye.
		The Spirit of Ollie has settled comfortably in Wisconsin's history books--where her dairy tale is churned out fresh each year when Elm Farm Ollie Day, her holiday, comes around.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mostfran/unique_characters/ollie_flyingcow.html (711 words)

	Tale of a flying cow is milked for all it's worth: 2/25/98
		Didn't mean anything to Levenson, either, until he stumbled across Elm Farm Ollie while flipping through "Famous First Facts" in a Wisconsin library in 1981.
		Through his research, he found that not only did Elm Farm Ollie become the first flying cow, on Feb. 18, 1930, on the same trip she also became the first cow milked in flight.
		A couple of shifty salesmen showed up at his door and offered him money for Elm Farm Ollie so that they could fly her in a plane and milk her.
	www.s-t.com /daily/02-98/02-25-98/b05ad073.htm (676 words)

	Guernsey took to the skies for milking demonstration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Accompanied by reporters, her mission was "to blaze a trail for the transportation of livestock by air," said a St. Louis newspaper, by allowing scientists to observe the effects of flight on her demeanor and milk production.
		Elm Farm Ollie was fed and milked during the 72-mile flight from Bismarck, Mo., to St. Louis.
		Ollie's stunt proved so popular that a large crowd, apparently thirsty for milk, gathered on the field where her plane was to land, forcing it to be diverted to another site.
	www.jsonline.com /news/state/wis150/stories/0215sesq.stm (349 words)

	Farmer’s Almanac TV Barn Blog » 2006 » February (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Although this is an inexpensive bird food option when purchased in bulk from a farm feed store, cracked corn doesn’t stay fresh long once wet.
		While reporters accompanied Ollie on the flight she was milked.
		While Elm Farm Ollie was busy giving milk in the airplane, Astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh, was busy looking up too.
	www.farmersalmanactv.com /barn_blog/2006/02 (2521 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The planet was discovered in 1930 by a farm boy from Kansas named Clyde Tombaugh.
		"Elm Farm Ollie" was the first "flying" cow, making her debut at the St.Louis International Air Exposition of 1930.
		N-P-R's Scott Simon speaks with Mr.Levenson, the founder of Elm Farm Ollie Day about the annual celebration in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.
	www.npr.org /programs/weed/rundowns/1995/feb.95/weed.02.24.95 (439 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Cattle
		Cattle are farmed for beef, veal, dairy, leather and they are sometimes used simply to maintain grassland for wildlife e.g Epping Forest, England.
		Michael Ahern, the reporter who created the cow story, admitted in 1893 that he had made it up because he thought it would make colorful copy.
		A humorous anecdote among farmers suggests that instant death will come to anyone bitten by a cattle's upper front teeth.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Cattle (2587 words)

	Elm Farm Ollie milk cow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow ever to fly in an airplane.
		Ollie couldn?t call the flight a mere joy ride, though.
		Office Getaway Office Paintball Office War 2002 OG Racer Ollie One on...
	en.powerwissen.com /nxPuB0k5wrXifeKArLJoMQ==_Elm_Farm_Ollie.html (179 words)

	U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Feb. 18: A Flying Cow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		One of the stranger firsts in aviation history occurred on this day in 1930, as part of the Saint Louis International Air Exposition.
		A dairy cow, named "Elm Farm Ollie," became the first bovine passenger to fly in an airplane.
		In fact, she was milked during the flight, and the milk was parachuted to the ground in paper containers.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=61138 (266 words)

	Untitled Document
		No damage was done and we listened as she told us that she needed to have her brakes tended to, then she slowly drove down the highway toward her brother Roy's farm.
		This farm was later the Far Fields Farm owned by Harry Hiscox, then by Kent Shelhamer and later by the John King family.
		Benton Roller Mills, managed by D. Myers at the time, advertised their XXXX Standard Brand, "Fishingcreek's best buckwheat flour." "Joe's Restaurant" was on Main Street and the Pied Piper Inn was at the intersection of "254 and 339." The Benton Meat Market, "sausage and scrapple a specialty," owned by James Vance was a proud sponsor.
	www.bentonnews.net /Archive/feb/feb05.htm (15907 words)

	The Virtual Quilt #14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		February 18 marks the anniversary (from 1930) when Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane.
		Not only that, but during the flight, which was attended by reporters, she was milked and the milk was sealed in paper containers and parachuted over St. Louis, Missouri.
		So, in honor of Elm Farm Ollie Day in Wisconsin, our February $pecial is that our "Button Buttons" are on sale.....
	planetpatchwork.com /tvqmain/vq14main.htm (2430 words)

	Those Were the Days, Today in History - February 18
		Her many fans referred to her as the “first great voice of the air.”
		1930 - Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to fly in an airplane.
		Elm Farm Ollie was a Guernsey who took to the air and as a special added attraction, got a milking in flight (mmmmmoooooooo!) while over St. Louis, MO. The milk was sealed in little paper containers and then parachuted over the city.
	www.440.com /twtd/archives/feb18.html (1675 words)

	Planet Waves \| Beyond Belief \| By Paloma Todd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Feb. 18 - While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
		The same day, Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
		March 12 - Mohandas Gandhi sets off to a 248-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest the British monopoly on salt - more will join them during the Salt March that ends on April 6
	www.planetwaves.net /contents/beyond_belief.html (1174 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1930 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		February 18 - While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
		February 18 - Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
		March 12 - Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march protest march to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1930 (816 words)

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		SIMON/ELVIS: ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE FILMS THE OSCAR COMMITTEE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IN THEIR NOMINATIONS.
		4:32 CUTAWAY: SIMON/OLLIE THE COW: SCOTT SIMON AND BARRY LEVENSON COMMEMORATE TODAY'S 65TH UNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST "FLYING" COW NAMED "ELM FARM OLLIE" AT THE ST.
		LEVENSON IS THE CURATOR OF THE MOUNT HOREB MUSTARD MUSEUM AND FOUNDER OF ELM FARM OLLIE DAY, AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN MOUNT HOREB, WISCONSIN.
	www.npr.org /programs/wesat/rundowns/1995/feb.95/wesat.02.18.95 (577 words)

	Gift Baskets & Boxes - Famous Wisconsin Cows (special Edition)
		This trio of mooing magnificence will have you and the critics nodding in agreement - there's simply no udder gift box like it!
		Starring: Beulah Thompson Spicy Beer Mustard, Bossie Alverez Sweet Hot Stoneground Mustard, Elm Farm Ollie Champagne Honey Mustard.
		You also get a CD recording of "The Bovine Contata in B Flat Major" and the complete lyrics.
	www.mustardmuseum.com /product/769/10 (99 words)

	Feb 2004 CUMC Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Feb 11 - International Flirt Day (wear red or pink)
		Feb 18 - Holy Cow (in honor of Elm Farm Ollie, the first cow to fly in an airplane.
		Everyone is encouraged to dress as a farmer)
	www.gbgm-umc.org /columbiaumc/newsletter_2004_02.html (2008 words)

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