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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 6645"><p>> some composites are great, like</p><p>> Beefmaster and Brangus (my two</p><p>> favorites), Braford, Simbrah, etc.</p><p>> most of the 3/8 5/8 stuff is good</p><p>> and the 1/2 1/4 1/4 is too. I just</p><p>> dont get the point of a 7/8 1/8</p><p>> composite. thats barely a</p><p>> composite, you are taking your</p><p>> heterosis from your 1/2 1/2 and</p><p>> breeding it back out. why? just to</p><p>> get a black color. Now i can see</p><p>> why (not necessarily agree</p><p>> with)other breeds would breed</p><p>> black into their cattle to make</p><p>> them perhaps more marketable at</p><p>> this time but to create a new</p><p>> breed soley on that is absurd. i</p><p>> mean if all the cattle in the</p><p>> world are black there are still</p><p>> going to be variations in quality</p><p>> so whats the point? and the reason</p><p>> people like baldies is because of</p><p>> their performance not their</p><p>> coloring. they like what you get</p><p>> from hereford AND angus or else</p><p>> they would just have hereford OR</p><p>> angus. Well here we go! Why not have black Herefords and accept them into the Hereford Association as long as they blood type Hereford or better yet pass the new DNA testing that our directors in there infinite wisdom have recently approved, and why not black we have with open arms accepted BROCKLE FACED cattle into the Association. If we don't condone cheating to get a disired outcome, we wouldn't offer a blood typing kit for sale through our Association. And as for marketing black herefords there already is a program in place, CHB (Certified Hereford Beef) which only allows Hereford and Hereford/ British cross cattle in.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:bancroft@cattle-today.com">bancroft@cattle-today.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 6645"] > some composites are great, like > Beefmaster and Brangus (my two > favorites), Braford, Simbrah, etc. > most of the 3/8 5/8 stuff is good > and the 1/2 1/4 1/4 is too. I just > dont get the point of a 7/8 1/8 > composite. thats barely a > composite, you are taking your > heterosis from your 1/2 1/2 and > breeding it back out. why? just to > get a black color. Now i can see > why (not necessarily agree > with)other breeds would breed > black into their cattle to make > them perhaps more marketable at > this time but to create a new > breed soley on that is absurd. i > mean if all the cattle in the > world are black there are still > going to be variations in quality > so whats the point? and the reason > people like baldies is because of > their performance not their > coloring. they like what you get > from hereford AND angus or else > they would just have hereford OR > angus. Well here we go! Why not have black Herefords and accept them into the Hereford Association as long as they blood type Hereford or better yet pass the new DNA testing that our directors in there infinite wisdom have recently approved, and why not black we have with open arms accepted BROCKLE FACED cattle into the Association. If we don't condone cheating to get a disired outcome, we wouldn't offer a blood typing kit for sale through our Association. And as for marketing black herefords there already is a program in place, CHB (Certified Hereford Beef) which only allows Hereford and Hereford/ British cross cattle in. [email=bancroft@cattle-today.com]bancroft@cattle-today.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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