Noble's Golden marguerite
"SU is 'cow college'
Back in 1921, Noble's Golden Marquerite, a cow whose sire had recently been imported from the Island of Jersey, produced "977.7 pounds of butter fat in one year," said Charles G. Edgerly, associate professor of animal science and dairy specialist.
No other cow in North Dakota, of any breed, surpassed this record till 1969.
'In recognition of her outstanding achievements, she was buried in the yard in front of the SU dairy building [Engineering Technology Building] said Edgerly.'
A bronze plaque attached to a huge bolder commemorates her brilliant record:
Commemorating the achievement
of the
Famous Jersey Cow
Noble's Golden Marguerite
a Gold Medal Cow
State Champion Butterfat Producer
Sam Crabbe,
the owner of Noble's Golden Marquerite, was not only a prominent North
Dakota dairyman, but he was one time, president of the American Jersey
Cattle Club, said Edgerly.
In 1913, the dairymen of the North Dakota, under
the leadership of Crabbe, secured an appropriation from the North Dakota
Legislator sufficient to build what is now the Engineering and Technology
Building and the original dairy barns, Edgerly noted. 'Crabbe not only
helped secure the appropriation, but even did the architecture work
on the structures,' Edgerly said.
Noble's Golden Marquerite was born the same year
the old dairy building was completed. She lived to the ripe age
of eighteen, and has been slumbering beneath the big stone on the horticulture
lawn for over 46 years." (Spectrum, Tuesday, November
7th, 1978, p. 9)
Although the stone and plaque
were originally was placed in front the Daily Building [Engineering
Technology], it now sits at the entrance to Shepperd
Arena. Golden Marguerite still rest peacefully under the lawn of
Engineering Technology.