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Grade up to Elite Cow,

The British Friesian Cattle Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Manufacturer)

This is a set of 4 cow-shaped playing pieces from 'Grade up to Elite Cow’, 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.

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.

Rickmansworth

1986 - 1986