Ferme Silver Cedar

Nestled in amongst 300 Holstein herds in Oxford County is a small little herd called Silver Cedar Ayrshires, in Thamesford Ontario. This herd was founded by George Mitchell in 1940, now since then is owned and operated by his son Brian. The farm consists of 100 acres and they also rent 200 acres more, and the farm has the large Thames River run through it to make this a beautiful setting. In 1995 George received the honorary Ontario Appreciation award from Ayrshire Ontario. For his years of dedication and loyalty to the Ayrshire breed, and now to this day Brian is following in his footsteps. Now here are some Cows that made this life long dedication worthwhile. Ayrshire Acres Beulah VG – purchase her Dam in a dispersal sale that was in calf to Beulah – She went on to be Reserve All- Canadian in 2006 Silver Cedar Misfit Ex – Probably arguably the best Pardner daughter in the breed 1st Senior 2 at RAWF 2006 and later named All- Canadian 2006 2nd Senior 3 RAWF 2007 and Reserve All Canadian 2007 Milking at 8464kg Milk 4.0% F 3.2% P - BCA (227-223-220 ) Silver Cedar Aurore VG 88 – All Ontario 4yr old 2009 10155kg Milk 4.8% F 3.8% P - BCA (278-255-275) Silver Cedar Dainty Ex – 11000kg Milk 3.7%F 3.0% P - BCA (282-258-258) Silver Cedar Debbie Ex – 3rd Brood Cow Star Lifetime 65168kg 4.22%F 3.35%P The herd consists of 27 head milking and 65 head total Herd Average is 7738kg 4.1% F 3.3% P - BCA (211-200-206) SCC 197000 Classification - 6 EX , 13 VG , 8 GP a 70% VG or better herd at 86 pt average I would like to Congratulate Brian and his family on this very deserving award and I would also like to thank him for allowing me to work with some of these great cattle in the past.