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<blockquote data-quote="greenwillowhereford II" data-source="post: 482608" data-attributes="member: 7439"><p>There are those who HAVE bred these traits into their cattle. Richard Day took a solid foundation of the Turner Ranch/Hazlett cattle, and for years since has increased weaning wieghts while retaining fertility, longevity, and disposition, and I feel he has probably improved muscling and disease resistance, and udders. If a cow is not fertile, she goes to the sale barn. If she indexes at the bottom of the herd for calves weaning weights a couple of years, she's gone. ETC. After so many years, you have a herd that retains breed characteristics, has adequate performance for about any reasonable person, thickness abundant, probably the best set of udders you will ever find, and fifteen and sixteen year old cows still wean 600+ pound calves. The senior herd sire is about to finish his career at twelve years old. </p><p></p><p>I think Frank Felton did a pretty good job of fixing the traits he was looking for.</p><p></p><p>When folks talk about how much longer the F1 female lasts, they are talking about averages. There are bloodlines available within breeds that are going to be hard to outlast.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenwillowhereford II, post: 482608, member: 7439"] There are those who HAVE bred these traits into their cattle. Richard Day took a solid foundation of the Turner Ranch/Hazlett cattle, and for years since has increased weaning wieghts while retaining fertility, longevity, and disposition, and I feel he has probably improved muscling and disease resistance, and udders. If a cow is not fertile, she goes to the sale barn. If she indexes at the bottom of the herd for calves weaning weights a couple of years, she's gone. ETC. After so many years, you have a herd that retains breed characteristics, has adequate performance for about any reasonable person, thickness abundant, probably the best set of udders you will ever find, and fifteen and sixteen year old cows still wean 600+ pound calves. The senior herd sire is about to finish his career at twelve years old. I think Frank Felton did a pretty good job of fixing the traits he was looking for. When folks talk about how much longer the F1 female lasts, they are talking about averages. There are bloodlines available within breeds that are going to be hard to outlast. [/QUOTE]
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