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Ross Butler, widely considered to be the greatest agricultural artist the world has ever seen, created more than 500 paintings in his lifetime. His painting of the Springbank Snow Countess was the inspiration for the Springbank Snow Countess monument located on Dundas Street East in Woodstock, Ontario. Another of his unique sculpturing masterpieces was the highlight of the [[Canadian National Exhibition]] in [[1952]]. It was a life-size butter sculpture of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and her horse, Winston.
Butler was a founding father of the Oxford Jersey Club, the first president and manager of the Oxford Museumt, the founder of the Oxford Historical and Museum Society and the "Central Unit" -- the first independent, all-breed artificial insemination facility for cattle in Canada.
Ross Butler's remarkable achievements as an agricultural artist were recognized posthumously in June, 1997, when he was inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame at the Agricultural Museum in [[Milton, Ontario]] and into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame in November, 1997, at the [[Royal Agricultural Winter Fair]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]].
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