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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 86120" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>I was never able to figure out the linkage of milk and horns, but that was the common thought years ago. It may very well have been the old single trait selection process rearing it's ugly head. Some people were working so hard to generate homozygous polled Holsteins that the let the traits that make the Holstein the favored dairy breed be lost in the selection. We saw the same type of thing happen with Polled Herefords. They got so hot to trot on polled that they lost the characteristics and traits that Herefords a significant beef animal. Still today we hear that Polled Herefords don;t have the muscle that horned Herefords do.</p><p>I looked for that old article on the polled Holsteins and can;t find it, but there were several others that I found interesting.</p><p>I think your idea of they're close and no big deal pretty well sums it up. If there are no significant advantages, why bother. I've just alwasy prefered polled (except for oxen candidates) because it's one less thing that needs to be done when there isn;t enough time to do the urgent things that need to be done.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 86120, member: 34"] I was never able to figure out the linkage of milk and horns, but that was the common thought years ago. It may very well have been the old single trait selection process rearing it's ugly head. Some people were working so hard to generate homozygous polled Holsteins that the let the traits that make the Holstein the favored dairy breed be lost in the selection. We saw the same type of thing happen with Polled Herefords. They got so hot to trot on polled that they lost the characteristics and traits that Herefords a significant beef animal. Still today we hear that Polled Herefords don;t have the muscle that horned Herefords do. I looked for that old article on the polled Holsteins and can;t find it, but there were several others that I found interesting. I think your idea of they're close and no big deal pretty well sums it up. If there are no significant advantages, why bother. I've just alwasy prefered polled (except for oxen candidates) because it's one less thing that needs to be done when there isn;t enough time to do the urgent things that need to be done. dun [/QUOTE]
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