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<blockquote data-quote="Logan52" data-source="post: 1831997" data-attributes="member: 32879"><p>Here, there used to be a lot of small, Holstein dairies that bought heifers and bred their cows to Polled Herefords. The BWF that resulted was thicker than the Angus X Holstein cross and tended to hold up longer as a beef cow. Like KyHills said, they had more white on the legs, a feather white on the neck and legs, and a white tip on their tail. The back and sides were solid black.</p><p>In October of 1986 I purchased eight of them from a graded feeder calf sale. They had been brought in by a neighbor I knew well from the next ridge over from my place. I purchased a roan shorthorn bull to breed them to. Their offspring form the majority of the cow herd I own now.</p><p>These cows and their shorthorn offspring made excellent cows. Bred to an Angus bull their calves sold at the top of the market (with the exception of an occasional blue roan). The cows milked well and raised whopping calves.</p><p>My cows are now mostly black, after a succession of Angus and Sim-Angus bulls. I still see a heifer that shows this heritage from time to time, mostly a white belly or scattered white hairs on the head.</p><p>The Holstein X Hereford BWF was a popular beef cow here as long as the small dairies continued to send some to town.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Logan52, post: 1831997, member: 32879"] Here, there used to be a lot of small, Holstein dairies that bought heifers and bred their cows to Polled Herefords. The BWF that resulted was thicker than the Angus X Holstein cross and tended to hold up longer as a beef cow. Like KyHills said, they had more white on the legs, a feather white on the neck and legs, and a white tip on their tail. The back and sides were solid black. In October of 1986 I purchased eight of them from a graded feeder calf sale. They had been brought in by a neighbor I knew well from the next ridge over from my place. I purchased a roan shorthorn bull to breed them to. Their offspring form the majority of the cow herd I own now. These cows and their shorthorn offspring made excellent cows. Bred to an Angus bull their calves sold at the top of the market (with the exception of an occasional blue roan). The cows milked well and raised whopping calves. My cows are now mostly black, after a succession of Angus and Sim-Angus bulls. I still see a heifer that shows this heritage from time to time, mostly a white belly or scattered white hairs on the head. The Holstein X Hereford BWF was a popular beef cow here as long as the small dairies continued to send some to town. [/QUOTE]
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