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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 906638" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>My pick would be either Iatola or Legal. Iatola has a little better component percentages(components=fat/protien). His milk is negative but it would still be way more than enough for your needs. His DPR(Daughter Pregnancy Rate) is above average and his SCC(somatic cell count) is below average so they should be reletivly trouble free... You'll likely still run into mastitis but genetically speaking you should have less of it. Type wise Iatola is about as close as you'll get to being a one generation fix. They are really good cattle and have the added benefit of long teats which is a big plus on jerseys. </p><p></p><p>Legal is pretty similar on all of the above but he's gotmore milk and a little lower component %'s. I haven't been around as many of them but they're suposed to be really fancy cattle.</p><p></p><p>As far as disposition, I've never really noticed alot of problems with any jerseys. They can be QUIRKY as all get out but I've really never been around any that were mean. The cow we had as a family milk cow was an Iatola... Full of quirks like being scared of the feed scoop but then she'd walk up and lick it the next time she saw it... Never mean, just strange. I do think the Danish cattle are a little less quirky overall so the advantage might go to Legal on that as he's a Lemvig son and Iatola is straight US bred. I walk around five thousand head of jerseys every day from all different sires and I get kicked maybe twice a month so I'd have to say they can all be gentle once they get used to the routine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 906638, member: 14661"] My pick would be either Iatola or Legal. Iatola has a little better component percentages(components=fat/protien). His milk is negative but it would still be way more than enough for your needs. His DPR(Daughter Pregnancy Rate) is above average and his SCC(somatic cell count) is below average so they should be reletivly trouble free... You'll likely still run into mastitis but genetically speaking you should have less of it. Type wise Iatola is about as close as you'll get to being a one generation fix. They are really good cattle and have the added benefit of long teats which is a big plus on jerseys. Legal is pretty similar on all of the above but he's gotmore milk and a little lower component %'s. I haven't been around as many of them but they're suposed to be really fancy cattle. As far as disposition, I've never really noticed alot of problems with any jerseys. They can be QUIRKY as all get out but I've really never been around any that were mean. The cow we had as a family milk cow was an Iatola... Full of quirks like being scared of the feed scoop but then she'd walk up and lick it the next time she saw it... Never mean, just strange. I do think the Danish cattle are a little less quirky overall so the advantage might go to Legal on that as he's a Lemvig son and Iatola is straight US bred. I walk around five thousand head of jerseys every day from all different sires and I get kicked maybe twice a month so I'd have to say they can all be gentle once they get used to the routine. [/QUOTE]
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