[Table of Contents] The Pride of Oxford County..The stature of Springbank Snow Countess on old Springbank Farm in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. I first visited this statue around 45 years ago when I was about 5 years old. At that time her paint was badly scuffed and she stood forgotten in weeds and mud. She was then away out in the countyside about a mile east of the old Oxford and District AI Unit on the land that once was part of the legendary Springbank Farm. I was awestuck when I saw her the first time. Actually, I had known the statue was there because I had read about it in an ancient (1923?) Canadian Holstein Journal. I just never believed that I would ever see it. Since then I have been by there maybe a hundred times or more. I stop nearly every time. She isn't far out into the countryside anymore. She's in the middle of a big city. There is a McDonald's just across the road there now. And, now she's standing in an elegant little park. This location is about 300 miles from Owenlea Farm, near what I regard as the epicenter of the North American dairy industry. I took this picture in the fall of 1995. Springbank Snow Countess was the first cow of any breed to make six 1000 butterfat records. [Table of Contents] [Top] [fwo@ bright.net]