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Some kids don't play sports, some area coaches don't "suggest" everybody go to year round practice, for some it's a true family project, and many in our area hire someone to prepare their projects.  The practice of putting in an appearance at the show after someone else has done your homework is...

The moderation movement, if there ever really was one, took a hit yesterday at our county fair.  Supreme Champion female was a 1700+ pound Simmental senior yearling.  She brought back memories of the ton plus junior yearling Angus heifers in Denver in the 80's.  First time in many, many years we...

Isn't it true that sometimes freaks of nature just happen?  40 years ago we had two calves born in the same year with no tail.  Nothing there.  If felt like the tail bone was bent back along the spine under the skin.  The calves did fine, just looked odd.  They were absolutely, totally unrelated...

For those of you who didn't get it, I was not serious about Ayatollah's relationship to the myostatin problem.  He may have contributed many things, extra muscling was not one of them.

We showed in Louisville the year G-9 was shown as a 2 year old.  We were told by the present owner that he was assured by the breeder that he was not a Maine cross.  The rumor that we heard at that time was that he was sired by Capone.  I have semen from Capone, Cunia, G-9, 2975 and Ransom 179. ...

I see both Leader 13th and 18th in Awesome's pedigree.  He has no Irish breeding?  Are you insinuating that the pedigree was fudged on both sides of his sire's pedigree?  The actual sire was a Maine and the dam's pedigree was fabricated, too? What about what bred to non-dual bulls?  What does...

There are plenty of photos of Clark out there.  I saw him show in the dairy class at the Iowa State Fair.  He was tall.  Find a photo of his sire, Scottshill Major Clark.  He was very moderate and correct. Clark, Columbus, Spiro, Thornwood Major, and many others were all half brothers sired by...

Some of the allegations on this thread are downright laughable.  Great White Hope?  You've got to be kidding.  I believe the breeder of this calf was Clampitt and Lyon Jerseys of Iowa, Graham Land and Livestock in Minnesota raised the calf.  We saw the check from the Grahams written to Clampitt...

Like I said, there is no Lancer connection in the Countess/Dollar II cow.  I can see her daughter has Lancer in there, a generation or 2 away from the original.  As mentioned, his original descendants looked the dual part.  A few generations down the line if something else was added, they...

I can't see any pedigree connection with the Countess/Dollar II cow and Hilltop breeding.  The Salers cattle I saw in that era were somewhat sloppy fronted, low behind the shoulder, very unlevel in their toplines, and had poor dispositions.  Not to mention they were hard calving.  Millvale...

Which Lancer that anybody heard of had Salers in him?  457?  472?  Jim Scott and Wayne McKee had a few great Hilltop bred Lancer show heifers, Jim had a son of him, too, that was a full sib to one of those show heifers and none of them showed any thing close to Salers influence.  I can't...

According to the latest fee schedule I have, TH, PHA, and DS testing is $48 if done as a group.  You can add parentage testing for $35.  The whole gamut of testing runs $125.  I buy things on the spur of the moment occasionally, too.  My wife used to yell at me, but now just shakes her head. 

I personally would have tested him before I bought the bull, but to each his own.  $100 spent before purchase is a good investment in my opinion. 

If I was starting a cow herd, I would absolutely go to a herd that raises cattle just like I was intending to.  I would try to get the best females they would sell from their best families.  If you walk (or drive like us older folks have to do) through the pasture, you will probably note that...

I think somebody developed the Rosewoods long before Leveldale and JSF got ahold of them.  The Leveldale Rosewoods go back many, many generations to EF breeding.  The JSF Rosewoods go back to many, many generations of KL breeding.  I didn't see any specific connection between the EF and KL...

I have no quarrel with a 1,250 pound cow that weans a calf weighing 600 pounds.  To me, that's the happy medium I was describing.  We should all be so lucky!  When the word "smaller" was used, those miserable cows of the 60's came to mind.  Sorry.

Long live Lowlines and Miniature Herefords?  Anyone who lived through 800 pound cows and belt buckle bulls weaning 300 pound calves sure doesn't want to go back there.  You want to bring back Prince Eric of Sunbeam and Louada Aristocrat have at it.  Maybe 1,700 pound cows aren't the answer, but...

Anyone out there have Major or Columbus semen they want to sell?

If you use Major, rest assured the calves will be colorful.  Lazy D in Missouri ended up with him and he did a good job there.  I always thought, of the Graham bulls, the Columbus calves were the most stylish, the Clarks were the growthiest, and the Spiros were the easiest calving.  The Majors...

I went through the Lazy D pastures in I believe 1982 and had my choice of Ultimate Type or Quane.  I picked UT because of his absolutely flawless phenotype, he was sired by old Deerpark Leader, and his dam, Highfield Una 3rd, was one great cow.  There was a reason Richard named him what he did. ...