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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 671431" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>The Hereford Association says every animal in his pedigree is a "pure" Hereford: that makes him a "pure" Hereford and should have forever ended this line of discussion. This is why I like (at least the theory of) EPDs. All the animals compete head to head and the cream rises to the top while those that are lacking in economically measurable traits are shown to be so lacking, instead of bragging on (or knocking) cattle because we have pleasant (or not so pleasant) memories of distant ancestors in the pedigree. Who cares if bull 809 traces ten ways to Anxiety the Fourth or Bubba the Magnificent if we got ultrasound data showing that bull 809's calves don't marble worth a flip and ratios showing that his calves are 40 lbs lighter than his contemporaries at weaning and 3 lbs heavier at birth??? Chop that sucker's head off and eliminate him from the gene pool even if he makes a pretty picture. Nobody likes phenotypic evaluation more than me; but honestly somebody casting stones because they claim they remember an animal's Great Great Great Great Grandam "37!!?!?!" years ago and didn't like HER is going beyond silliness. THAT kind of selection is both nutty and ignorant of any understanding of the science of genetics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 671431, member: 7645"] The Hereford Association says every animal in his pedigree is a "pure" Hereford: that makes him a "pure" Hereford and should have forever ended this line of discussion. This is why I like (at least the theory of) EPDs. All the animals compete head to head and the cream rises to the top while those that are lacking in economically measurable traits are shown to be so lacking, instead of bragging on (or knocking) cattle because we have pleasant (or not so pleasant) memories of distant ancestors in the pedigree. Who cares if bull 809 traces ten ways to Anxiety the Fourth or Bubba the Magnificent if we got ultrasound data showing that bull 809's calves don't marble worth a flip and ratios showing that his calves are 40 lbs lighter than his contemporaries at weaning and 3 lbs heavier at birth??? Chop that sucker's head off and eliminate him from the gene pool even if he makes a pretty picture. Nobody likes phenotypic evaluation more than me; but honestly somebody casting stones because they claim they remember an animal's Great Great Great Great Grandam "37!!?!?!" years ago and didn't like HER is going beyond silliness. THAT kind of selection is both nutty and ignorant of any understanding of the science of genetics. [/QUOTE]
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