What is the purpose of shorthorn plus cattle?Why do we show appendix cattle? Why do we show purebred cattle? What came first the chicken or the egg? Why weren't any of the dixie chicks elected to congress or a junior college?Why is there air? What is the adress for the shorthorn breeders mutual admiration society? The purpose of ANY BREED OF CATTLE is to cross and make use of good characteristics of another breed, to create hybrid vigor, yatta yatta. Finally people are creating what my forefathers felt was the ultimate cross- blue roans. Everybody dumped on shorthorns for years, and now angus are becoming blind mens cattle, but a blue roan,smoke,mouse etc will break the bank almost everywhere. O0 <beer>