smdtree.jpgSilver Maple Dexter Breeding Program 

The Silver Maple Dexter breeding program is designed to produce Irish Dexter Cattle that meet the the functional requirements of homestead, dual purpose cattle.  It has been said that the Irish Dexter should appear in form as the Shorthorn when looking through the wrong end of a telescope.  In our "breeding eye" this is the decision making image used. 

SMD Dexters Grazing Front Pasture
                SMD Breeding Program Principle Statement
Our goal is to produce purebred Dexter cattle that provide
meat and milk in a small, economic package.
 
SMD stock aim to provide the small acreage farmer, acreage owner or               homesteader with an economically sound and efficient animal.     SMD Dexters over water

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Breeding Program Trait Maintenance
        Maternal instincts in heifers
        Docile and “friendly” temperament
        Early and regular fecundity
        Depth of barrel and spring of rib
 
 Breeding Program Target Improvement Areas
       Improve Udder Attachment
       Improve Teat Size and Placement
       Improve Heel Depth
     Improve Quarter Fleshing

Haying South Field 08

                                      Stay Home                           

                I will wait here in the fields
                    to see how well the rain
                    brings on the grass.
                In the labor of the fields
                    longer than a man’s life
                    I am at home.
                Do not come with me.
                You stay home too.

 

                        Wendell Berry