Object number
2010/34/1-14
Title
Grade up to Elite Cow,
Collection
Creator
Description
Grade up to Elite Cow’ is a board game by which a non-pedigree dairy herd can achieve pedigree status. 1986.
Grade up to Elite Cow’ is a board game for 2–4 players. ‘Grading up’ is the process by which a non-pedigree dairy herd can achieve pedigree status, and the object of the game is to grade up four cows to ‘Elite Cow’ status, the highest possible pedigree. The game contains instructions, a shared playing board and four personal playing boards, bank notes, various playing cards and pieces, and a dice. It was first manufactured by The British Friesian Cattle Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1986.
Physical description
1 board game
Label Text
Grade up to elite cow. This board game, named Grade Up to Elite Cow, was manufactured by the British Friesian Cattle Society in 1986. It is played by 2-4 players. The aim of the game is for four of your cows to obtain 'Elite Cow' status, which is the highest pedigree possible. 'Grading up' is the process by which a non-pedigree herd becomes pedigree. It is achieved in cattle herds by mating sires of an improved breed with females of the lesser breed, generation after generation, until the features of the improved breed are dominant.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Board game in box with set of instructions, pawns to represent cows, discs that represent semen, market cards, markers and dice. // Produced by the British Friesian Cattle Society in 1986. Box has two sponsors listed around the outside e.g. BOCM Silcock, Clydesdale Bank etc. // Dimensions: Box 50 cm x 25.5 x 4 cm // Associated information: Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture Project. // References: …', 2010/34/1 Box lid. 2010/34/2 Box base. 2010/34/3 Box insert. 2010/34/4 Playing board. 2010/34/5 Game rules. 2010/34/6 Players’ boards x 4. 2010/34/7/1 Bank note £10, green x 10. 2010/34/7/2 Bank note £20, blue x 20. 2010/34/7/3 Bank note £50, grey x 34. 2010/34/7/4 Bank note £100, white x 40. 2010/34/7/5 Bank note £500, yellow x 20. 2010/34/7/6 Bank note £1000, orange x 20. 2010/34/8 Market cards x 14. 2010/34/9 £500 investment cards x 6. 2010/34/10 Certificate of Insurance x 6. 2010/34/11 Yellow markers x 40. 2010/34/12/1 Discs, white x 10. 2010/34/12/2 Discs, red x 10. 2010/34/12/3 Discs, orange x 10. 2010/34/12/4 Discs, green x 10. 2010/34/12/5 Discs, yellow x 10. 2010/34/12/6 Discs, blue x 10. 2010/34/12/7 Discs, black x 22. 2010/34/13 Playing pieces, cows x 4. 2010/34/14 Dice.
Production place
Rickmansworth
Production date
1986 - 1986
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Material
Dimensions
- Length 500 mm
- Width 255 mm
- Depth 40 mm
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