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<blockquote data-quote="Backbone Ranch" data-source="post: 1683025" data-attributes="member: 20754"><p>We did a little bit of linear measuring, just for the heck of it, almost 10 years ago. I will be honest and say that it was kind of neat to see how the individuals in the herd compared against one another, but we have not used it since. An animal with a deeper heart girth tends to have a greater rumen capacity, and will fare better on grass than an animal that is pinched. The numbers can help you identify that if you are new to raising cattle and still trying to develop an eye of what to look for, but I would not use them exclusively for selecting replacement individuals. In my opinion, a lot of other factors such as the cow's past performance record, the calf being born early in the season, birth weight, growth, udder attachments of the dam, etc. play a much larger role in our selection criteria.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Backbone Ranch, post: 1683025, member: 20754"] We did a little bit of linear measuring, just for the heck of it, almost 10 years ago. I will be honest and say that it was kind of neat to see how the individuals in the herd compared against one another, but we have not used it since. An animal with a deeper heart girth tends to have a greater rumen capacity, and will fare better on grass than an animal that is pinched. The numbers can help you identify that if you are new to raising cattle and still trying to develop an eye of what to look for, but I would not use them exclusively for selecting replacement individuals. In my opinion, a lot of other factors such as the cow's past performance record, the calf being born early in the season, birth weight, growth, udder attachments of the dam, etc. play a much larger role in our selection criteria. [/QUOTE]
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