MKEimages.com Image of the Day - Gertrude Basse (pronounced Baaaaaahssy) is a guernsey cow who greets visitors at the Golden Guernsey Dairy plant in Waukesha. Basse the Cow is 12 feet tall, made of fiberglass, weighs 400 to 500 pounds and cost about $3,000 when the company purchased it in 1970. Basse the Cow is named after the former Chairman of the Board, Aldin Basse.