Interesting Link

[Jake]

http://www.msu.edu/~ritchieh/historical/cattletype.html

shows how similar the early angus/herefords are to today's. also shows the extremes which were present between 1950-1980

 

[KNERSIE]

Very good link, thanks a lot.

I have a 1943 copy of the book Hereford Husbandry and from that its clear that what we strive for today is exactly what they strived for in the thirties.

 

[hurleyjd]

http://www.msu.edu/~ritchieh/historical/cattletype.html

shows how similar the early angus/herefords are to today's. also shows the extremes which were present between 1950-1980

Jake: Here is another interesting link. It is about farm animals from around the world. These animals were at one time the mainstay of the family farms. But because of the market farms some are lost and about to become extinct. I have thought a lot about picking one of the breeds and trrying to keep it going along with some other folks that are trying to do the same. Might be something that would make the grand kids proud of you. http://www.albc-usa.org/
Lyndon Baines Johnson I think donated his ranch to the national park service. They were to keep his type of horned herfords going forever. I read a article sometimes back that the parks service was having a hard time finding some genetics outside of this herd to keep it going and maintain the same characterristics.
Jack

 

[Angus Guy]

Thanks for the link. It was a trip down memory. Also remembered a couple of angus bulls and why I never liked them.

 

[Ricker]

Very interesting lots of cool pics like this one.

1953. The point of this ad was the improvement that had been made in 20 years, from the "big, plain" bull of 1933 (top) to the "typey" bull of 1953.

 

[Julian]

Very good link, thanks a lot.

I have a 1943 copy of the book Hereford Husbandry and from that its clear that what we strive for today is exactly what they strived for in the thirties.

If the book you are referring to is HEREFORD HUSBANDRY by Frank W. Farley in 1941 you may want to hang onto it. I just sold a copy of that book on eBay for $330.