justintime
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I believe the Irish cows you are referring to Dan, were the very last importation of Irish Shorthorns out of Ireland to come to Canada. I think the name of the man who imported them was Ken McKnight,and I believe he owned an auction market in east central Alberta ( Possibly Drumheller or some place north of there... possibly at Hanna, AB) I remember hearing at that time, from a breeder in Ireland, that these cattle had come to Canada. If I remember correctly, there was 3 or 4 females and at least 1 bull. The bull was a white bull named Castletroy White Way. I tried to find out more about them at that time, but no one seemed to know much about this guy or the cows. I don't think he had any association with owning any Shorthorns prior to bringing these cattle in. It was a few years later that I heard that Milton Hennig had got all these cows and the bull ( or at least what remained) The Highfield Betty cow was supposed to be a good one. I never saw her, but Milton told me she really did a job for him. I have attached a picture of one of he rgrand daughters, who was an amazing cow . She was Winalot ST Beth 4G. Sorry for the picture quality but it is the only picture of her I have been able to find. I think I have some semen from Castletroy White Way somewhere in one of my tanks. Been a while since I saw it, but I am sure it is there somewhere.
As a note of interest, I was going through one of my semen tanks a couple days ago and I found 2 straws of Deerpark Dividend that I forgot I even had. It was collected before the Irish cattle had any registration status in the US and Canada, as all it says on the straw is Roan Shorthorn bull and KABSU.
I got the Winalot Beth Juliette 9K cow from Rolly Bateman when he dispersed his herd. We had several good flushes from her, and I think she will cross extremely well with Mr Gus 80C . I implanted 4 embryos from this flush and have 4 calves coming, so I decided I would share one. Catherine Williamson, Alvie Estates in Scotland is supposed to have two really neat heifer calves sired by Saskvalley Primo out of Beth Juliette 9K
I think 80C was ahead of his time. I remember getting a phone call from a leading Maine breeder, and he asked me if I had been to Alta Genetics ( Western Breeders in that day) lately. I told him I had to go out and pick up a bull there in a few weeks. He said, Make sure you go and see the Shorthorn bull that Western has purchased the rights in. He said that this bull was the best bull of any breed in the stud, and I think they had over 200 bulls of all breeds there at that time. It was 80C that he was referring too. When I saw him, I was also impressed with the bull, but I wondered if he had enough frame for that era to become popular. He was moderate framed but put together in excellent proportion. Now I wish I had been smart enough to purchase a few hundred straws. It would have been a very good investment!
As a note of interest, I was going through one of my semen tanks a couple days ago and I found 2 straws of Deerpark Dividend that I forgot I even had. It was collected before the Irish cattle had any registration status in the US and Canada, as all it says on the straw is Roan Shorthorn bull and KABSU.
I got the Winalot Beth Juliette 9K cow from Rolly Bateman when he dispersed his herd. We had several good flushes from her, and I think she will cross extremely well with Mr Gus 80C . I implanted 4 embryos from this flush and have 4 calves coming, so I decided I would share one. Catherine Williamson, Alvie Estates in Scotland is supposed to have two really neat heifer calves sired by Saskvalley Primo out of Beth Juliette 9K
I think 80C was ahead of his time. I remember getting a phone call from a leading Maine breeder, and he asked me if I had been to Alta Genetics ( Western Breeders in that day) lately. I told him I had to go out and pick up a bull there in a few weeks. He said, Make sure you go and see the Shorthorn bull that Western has purchased the rights in. He said that this bull was the best bull of any breed in the stud, and I think they had over 200 bulls of all breeds there at that time. It was 80C that he was referring too. When I saw him, I was also impressed with the bull, but I wondered if he had enough frame for that era to become popular. He was moderate framed but put together in excellent proportion. Now I wish I had been smart enough to purchase a few hundred straws. It would have been a very good investment!
