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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1830848" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>The pics load pretty slowly on my computer, but interesting information. I remember the short cattle. My dad had a short Angus bull he was keeping for a neighbor for awhile. I was three and had my first Australian shepherd pup, and went out to the barn to look at the bull. My pup went up close and the bull reached out to smell the pup... and the tiny little dog barked and the bull did a 180 and went right through the barn door, the corral fence, and he ended up in our orchard.</p><p></p><p>Some of the text wonders about why "ranchers" thought it was a good idea to have these short cattle when they had places where animals needed legs to travel. I guarantee that "ranchers" weren't involved in the short cattle unless they were competing in the show ring or didn't know what they were doing. The cattle were all show and no go, and people with real cattle knew it.</p><p></p><p>I was looking through the pics and one thing struck me. The steer in the third image, Clear Lake Jute, shows more masculinity than some of the bulls being used today. Back in the days the article is describing there were bad choices being made... and it's no different today with the bulls that lack muscularity and cows with hips that can't birth a normal sized calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1830848, member: 42463"] The pics load pretty slowly on my computer, but interesting information. I remember the short cattle. My dad had a short Angus bull he was keeping for a neighbor for awhile. I was three and had my first Australian shepherd pup, and went out to the barn to look at the bull. My pup went up close and the bull reached out to smell the pup... and the tiny little dog barked and the bull did a 180 and went right through the barn door, the corral fence, and he ended up in our orchard. Some of the text wonders about why "ranchers" thought it was a good idea to have these short cattle when they had places where animals needed legs to travel. I guarantee that "ranchers" weren't involved in the short cattle unless they were competing in the show ring or didn't know what they were doing. The cattle were all show and no go, and people with real cattle knew it. I was looking through the pics and one thing struck me. The steer in the third image, Clear Lake Jute, shows more masculinity than some of the bulls being used today. Back in the days the article is describing there were bad choices being made... and it's no different today with the bulls that lack muscularity and cows with hips that can't birth a normal sized calf. [/QUOTE]
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