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<blockquote data-quote="Rustler9" data-source="post: 663695" data-attributes="member: 440"><p>alftn,</p><p>Actually the Longhorn was not a poor performer, it was the opposite. They were so hardy that when the first Herefords came over they were bred on the hardy Longhorn stock and they crossed so well that bred them selves out of a job. The first Herefords and Shorthorns that were brought over basically withered and died. The demand for tallow (fat) caused these other breeds to flourish. We still feed these fat cattle and waste the fat that is not edible. You feed your black cattle and love em and I'll do the same with mine. If you feel like a bigger person by knocking some one's cattle go ahead. The Angus and the Longhorn are two totally different breeds. Many people seem to love Angus and that's cool, raise what you like but you don't have to bash other breeds. The Longhorn actually has a very large and diverse gene pool. I'll remind you that I haven't seen any of the genetic flaws in the Longhorn breed that the Angus has going on right now. No curly calf Longhorns that I'm aware of. When I started hearing about that I thought it was kind of ironic that so many people are so blinded by the "chosen" breed, they constantly remind everyone else how great their breed is-oh well I guess nothing's perfect now is it? I will say that the Angus Association has done a great job of marketing, they've made Angus a household word.</p><p></p><p>As for the Longhorn breed itself, it is a breed that evolved from Spanish stock brought over nearly 500 years ago, there were infusions of Hereford and Durham (Shorthorn) blood from cattle brought over later by the settlers. I'n sure that there have been some other blood slipped into some herds by cheaters who want bigger bodies or bigger horns. But these would be very minute infusions and would not cover the whole Longhorn breed. As for the Angus, I remember them as a kid when we had them and how quickly they went from the small teddy bear cows to these big, tall, rangier cattle almost overnight. And then of course, the white switches and udders showed up and oh yeah some scurs too. Wonder how those got there? Oops, someone threw a little Holstein blood in to get a bigger frame. I guess it wouldn't be fair to say that the breed as a whole has foreign blood, I'm sure there are some herds that are still pure. For instance, I was in North Carolina last weekend at the NC State Ag Experiment Station in Reidsville and they have an outstanding herd of Angus that has been a closed herd since the 1950's. No outside blood has been brought in. Now that is pretty impressive to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rustler9, post: 663695, member: 440"] alftn, Actually the Longhorn was not a poor performer, it was the opposite. They were so hardy that when the first Herefords came over they were bred on the hardy Longhorn stock and they crossed so well that bred them selves out of a job. The first Herefords and Shorthorns that were brought over basically withered and died. The demand for tallow (fat) caused these other breeds to flourish. We still feed these fat cattle and waste the fat that is not edible. You feed your black cattle and love em and I'll do the same with mine. If you feel like a bigger person by knocking some one's cattle go ahead. The Angus and the Longhorn are two totally different breeds. Many people seem to love Angus and that's cool, raise what you like but you don't have to bash other breeds. The Longhorn actually has a very large and diverse gene pool. I'll remind you that I haven't seen any of the genetic flaws in the Longhorn breed that the Angus has going on right now. No curly calf Longhorns that I'm aware of. When I started hearing about that I thought it was kind of ironic that so many people are so blinded by the "chosen" breed, they constantly remind everyone else how great their breed is-oh well I guess nothing's perfect now is it? I will say that the Angus Association has done a great job of marketing, they've made Angus a household word. As for the Longhorn breed itself, it is a breed that evolved from Spanish stock brought over nearly 500 years ago, there were infusions of Hereford and Durham (Shorthorn) blood from cattle brought over later by the settlers. I'n sure that there have been some other blood slipped into some herds by cheaters who want bigger bodies or bigger horns. But these would be very minute infusions and would not cover the whole Longhorn breed. As for the Angus, I remember them as a kid when we had them and how quickly they went from the small teddy bear cows to these big, tall, rangier cattle almost overnight. And then of course, the white switches and udders showed up and oh yeah some scurs too. Wonder how those got there? Oops, someone threw a little Holstein blood in to get a bigger frame. I guess it wouldn't be fair to say that the breed as a whole has foreign blood, I'm sure there are some herds that are still pure. For instance, I was in North Carolina last weekend at the NC State Ag Experiment Station in Reidsville and they have an outstanding herd of Angus that has been a closed herd since the 1950's. No outside blood has been brought in. Now that is pretty impressive to me. [/QUOTE]
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