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Franklin Township, New Jersey: Big Cow of Middlebush

One of many similar fiberglass big bovines scattered across the country -- except that this one is in a working pasture, and is sometimes surrounded by real, life-size cows.

Address:
Bennett's Lane, Franklin Township, NJ
Directions:
West of town, three-quarters of a mile south on Middlebush Rd, left onto Bennetts Lane, look to the right.
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Big cow.

Big Cow of Middlebush

The big cow got a new coat, all shiny black and white now.

[Klaus Knoll, 07/05/2009]

Big cow.

Big Cow of Middlebush

The Big Cow of Middlebush still presides over the dairy farm on Middlebush Road. I see it every day on my way home from work and it does move around the farm from time to time. It seems to have a red light on its nose but I've never seen it lit up, so I'm not sure if it lights or not.

[Jennifer Weaver, 07/21/2007]
Big Cow of Middlebush

The Giant Cow of Middlebush presides over a dairy farm on Middlebush Road, at Bennets Lane. The cow is on wheels and moves around the field during the course of the year.

[Ann Kiernan, 04/18/2004]

12 or 15-ft.-high brown-and-white gurnsy.


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