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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 672389" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>alftn wrote:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually, the Longhorn has a large gene pool. There were other breeders scattered around who had Longhorn cattle besides those that were stocked on the Wichita Refuge. The seven families of Texas Longhorn cattle include WR (Wichita Refuge), Peeler (Graves Peeler), Phillips (Jack Phillips), Yates (Cap Yates), Wright (M.P. Wright), and Butler(Milby Butler). There are some lesser known lines that were around as well. One is the Woods line (Grady Woods). Old time twisty horned cattle. The Texas Longhorn cattle are the original American breed of cattle, cattle descended from Spanish cattle brought over with the first Spanish explorers. They roamed here almost 500 years. With cattle being bred from all of these lines there is a very wide gene pool available. </p><p></p><p>The History channel had a segment on the Texas Longhorn last week on the show called "Life After People". Larry Smith, president of the ITLA (International Texas Longhorn Assoc.) talked about the history of this breed. The show is giving examples of what the earth will be like after we have killed ourselves off and what animals will remain and thrive. The Texas Longhorn is the breed of cattle that they speculate will still be around due to their foraging ability, easy calving and little to no maintenance. They did show traditional beef and dairy breeds and how they won't make it due to their dependence on man for help in calving and their need for being fed as they have been shaped by man.</p><p></p><p>There have been some infusions of Watusi blood in some cheaters cattle who have tried to get bigger horns, I assume that this is what you are referring to. This would not include ths breed as a whole just as there have been infusions of of beef breeds from some cheaters for bigger, beefier bodies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 672389, member: 440"] alftn wrote: Actually, the Longhorn has a large gene pool. There were other breeders scattered around who had Longhorn cattle besides those that were stocked on the Wichita Refuge. The seven families of Texas Longhorn cattle include WR (Wichita Refuge), Peeler (Graves Peeler), Phillips (Jack Phillips), Yates (Cap Yates), Wright (M.P. Wright), and Butler(Milby Butler). There are some lesser known lines that were around as well. One is the Woods line (Grady Woods). Old time twisty horned cattle. The Texas Longhorn cattle are the original American breed of cattle, cattle descended from Spanish cattle brought over with the first Spanish explorers. They roamed here almost 500 years. With cattle being bred from all of these lines there is a very wide gene pool available. The History channel had a segment on the Texas Longhorn last week on the show called "Life After People". Larry Smith, president of the ITLA (International Texas Longhorn Assoc.) talked about the history of this breed. The show is giving examples of what the earth will be like after we have killed ourselves off and what animals will remain and thrive. The Texas Longhorn is the breed of cattle that they speculate will still be around due to their foraging ability, easy calving and little to no maintenance. They did show traditional beef and dairy breeds and how they won't make it due to their dependence on man for help in calving and their need for being fed as they have been shaped by man. There have been some infusions of Watusi blood in some cheaters cattle who have tried to get bigger horns, I assume that this is what you are referring to. This would not include ths breed as a whole just as there have been infusions of of beef breeds from some cheaters for bigger, beefier bodies. [/QUOTE]
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