Over the recent weekend - how short they seem to be!! - we received news from Reggie Dillman at Musqie Valley Farms in Nova Scotia's Musquodoboit Valley. Reggie informed us that his neighbour Sandy Cole of Colstein and Eloc Farms has been selected for the Semex Alliance/Holstein Canada award trip to Australia. One of the things we like in this business is when dairy people rejoice in the success of others. Even better are the instances where close neighbours respect each other and are more than neighbours but very good friends too! And let me tell you the Dillmans and Coles are close neighbours!
When I visited both farms on August 1 it took me less than five minutes to get from Dillmans to Coles!
If you'd ever like to see reps of numerous dairy breeds without driving any distance at all the Cole and Dillman establishments are good choices - Dillmans have Holsteins, Ayrshires and Jerseys and Coles have Holsteins, Jerseys, Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorns!
Both sides of Sandy's "extended pedigree" have deep roots in the NS dairy industry and so his passion for our industry is fully understandable-it is basically like he was born to it! Sandy'll be a good rep for Canada as he is very keen about cows and managing them and genetics and does know four different breeds very well. It will also be wonderful for the Aussies to glean information from such "a noted historian" of the Holstein breed! When we were going over the cows at Colstein/Eloc my eyes lit upon a barn card above a Holstein cow claiming that she was none other than the iconic Glenridge Citation Roxy, Queen of the Breed and not too far down the row was Springbank Snow Countess, now well over 100 years old! I think we've found Canada's answer to Mr. Horace Backus! Sandy's rather colourful Dad Dean simply smiled and pointed his ever-present pipe at Sandy and confirmed that he was the card-maker and budding historian! I have let Sandy know via his Uncle David that on my next visit to Eloc I expect to experience the ressurection of both the sainted Brampton Basilua and the unforgettable Duncan Belle!
Not only will the Aussies love Sandy I know from personal experience that he'll love and be capitvated by this amazing and variable land and her terrific people! As I have often said Aussies have to be amongst the toughest people on the face of this earth-in a very good way! So Canada is sending forth one of our finest and friends, family and neighbours are rejoicing! Can we say anything more than "It's all good!"
When I visited both farms on August 1 it took me less than five minutes to get from Dillmans to Coles!
If you'd ever like to see reps of numerous dairy breeds without driving any distance at all the Cole and Dillman establishments are good choices - Dillmans have Holsteins, Ayrshires and Jerseys and Coles have Holsteins, Jerseys, Brown Swiss and Milking Shorthorns!
Both sides of Sandy's "extended pedigree" have deep roots in the NS dairy industry and so his passion for our industry is fully understandable-it is basically like he was born to it! Sandy'll be a good rep for Canada as he is very keen about cows and managing them and genetics and does know four different breeds very well. It will also be wonderful for the Aussies to glean information from such "a noted historian" of the Holstein breed! When we were going over the cows at Colstein/Eloc my eyes lit upon a barn card above a Holstein cow claiming that she was none other than the iconic Glenridge Citation Roxy, Queen of the Breed and not too far down the row was Springbank Snow Countess, now well over 100 years old! I think we've found Canada's answer to Mr. Horace Backus! Sandy's rather colourful Dad Dean simply smiled and pointed his ever-present pipe at Sandy and confirmed that he was the card-maker and budding historian! I have let Sandy know via his Uncle David that on my next visit to Eloc I expect to experience the ressurection of both the sainted Brampton Basilua and the unforgettable Duncan Belle!
Not only will the Aussies love Sandy I know from personal experience that he'll love and be capitvated by this amazing and variable land and her terrific people! As I have often said Aussies have to be amongst the toughest people on the face of this earth-in a very good way! So Canada is sending forth one of our finest and friends, family and neighbours are rejoicing! Can we say anything more than "It's all good!"
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