Vaucluse Empire Suzette
E-95 4-08 305D 20,590M 1,045F Grand Champion Eastern National 1977
Twice Hall of Fame
Suzette was one of the truly great cows that helped to establish Billings Farm's reputation as a prominent source of high-end genetics throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Following the 1977 show season where she was crowned All American Yearling in Milk, she was purchased by the partnership of the Billings Farm and Herb Starring. Suzette lived well beyond the age of 10 years and produced a top record in excess of 20,000 of milk with more than 5.0% fat. Admired by hundreds of visitors to the Billings Farm throughout the years, Suzette was laid to rest at Billings and is one of several cows to be memorialized with a grave marker here. Vaucluse Empire Suzette was the dam of an excellent rated daughter Suette as well as the bull Dividend One.
Billings Milestone Susan
VG-86 4-08 305D 20,590M 1,045F Junior Champion Vermont Parish Show 1978
1st Two Year Old Vermont Parish Show 1979
1st Two Year Old Maine State Show 1979
Suzanne was a maternal sister of the great Suzette. By Marlu Milestone who was regarded to be one of the great frame bulls of the time. Susan was noted for her impressive rear udder. Her worth was proven in her exceptional longevity; she was still calving regularly at Billings at more than 11 years of age and had lifetime credits in excess of 100,000. In her time at Billings, she produced five heifer calves as well as the bull, Precisionist. Susan is the 4th dam of Billings Juno Samantha.
