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<blockquote data-quote="greenwillowhereford II" data-source="post: 494799" data-attributes="member: 7439"><p>Heterosis can not be ignored. A friend bought one of my former herd bulls(Hereford) and put him on a straight Charolais cowherd. There were several reasons he switched to the herf, aside from the fact that he likes them, the primary reason was a hope of less calving trouble. He'd been pulling most first calvers, losing some. The first two calves of the season were sired by the old Charolais bull, and the rest were out of the herf. Not only were his calving difficulties nearly eliminated, but by weaning time, the baldies had caught the straight Char calves in size even though they were at least a month younger.</p><p></p><p>This is not to knock Chars, just to make a point about heterosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenwillowhereford II, post: 494799, member: 7439"] Heterosis can not be ignored. A friend bought one of my former herd bulls(Hereford) and put him on a straight Charolais cowherd. There were several reasons he switched to the herf, aside from the fact that he likes them, the primary reason was a hope of less calving trouble. He'd been pulling most first calvers, losing some. The first two calves of the season were sired by the old Charolais bull, and the rest were out of the herf. Not only were his calving difficulties nearly eliminated, but by weaning time, the baldies had caught the straight Char calves in size even though they were at least a month younger. This is not to knock Chars, just to make a point about heterosis. [/QUOTE]
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