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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1485832" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>"Small" is hard to get out of a herd one you have bred it in or built it in. Take a small (short) calf to a livestock barn and watch $125 to $175 not come home on the check. Promoting small cows is lipstick on a pig. Breed for what you want and for something that others will pay for. Fire and ice matings generally make puddles of water. Except at newsletters, conferences and specialty situations, it is not "small" that is in demand. Your best cow is the cow that goes unnoticed for the longest. Your best heifers are generally in the middle as they more truly represent the genes in the herd. To have a few great cows means that you have mostly average to below average cows. I'd rather have all to average 100 because then I know I have a overall decent herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1485832, member: 24565"] "Small" is hard to get out of a herd one you have bred it in or built it in. Take a small (short) calf to a livestock barn and watch $125 to $175 not come home on the check. Promoting small cows is lipstick on a pig. Breed for what you want and for something that others will pay for. Fire and ice matings generally make puddles of water. Except at newsletters, conferences and specialty situations, it is not "small" that is in demand. Your best cow is the cow that goes unnoticed for the longest. Your best heifers are generally in the middle as they more truly represent the genes in the herd. To have a few great cows means that you have mostly average to below average cows. I'd rather have all to average 100 because then I know I have a overall decent herd. [/QUOTE]
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