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<blockquote data-quote="alexfarms" data-source="post: 596281" data-attributes="member: 8677"><p>The Prospectors were linebred to Colorado Domino 68. Colorado Domino 68 was one of the main contributors to the dwarfism problems in the Hereford breed back when. The story I always herd was the cattle were donated to CSU and they set out to breed the dwarfism out of them and as far as I know, they did. Prospector 7558 was one of the first bulls to impact the Hereford breed from the CSU linebreeding program. His double grandsire was Prospector 9022 who was the result of mating a bull to his own dam. I had heard that that was the mating that really made the line. Prospector 7558 was used alot. Prospector 0716 was a 7558 son and was a taller bull than his sire. One of the men who used 0716 successfully was Frank Felton. He developed his Prospectors by linebreeding to 0716. They were known for scrotal size, udder quality and thriftiness. There are lots of descendents of the feltons prospectors still in the breed today, although I don't know of any tightly linebreed herds of them.</p><p>If you are looking for line 1's that are more range type cattle go to the source....Miles City. Or to a breeder that has basically bred them straight from there. Contact Mike MacNeil at Miles City and tell him you want to buy some cows that are high percentage Miles City Line 1 and who has been a repeat customer at the station that could sell you some cows. There are cattlemen in the Montana area that have really concentrated the bloodline and don't advertise much at all. He just might give you a good tip on who to contact. There was a Ken Carlson in South Dakota and Lester Nelson in south Dakota, you might see if Mr MacNeil could give you contact info on either of them. There are others too. There were a couple Langleys up there who used to buy every year at the Miles City auction. MacNeil might know of someone in Canada, although I don't think I ever heard a Canadian name called from the auction block. The Montana State University station at Havre, MT has a herd of Herefords that are Miles City Line 1. Google MSU for a website and contact info. They don't have a sale, I think they sometimes sell privately. They call their females TANA DOMINO and bulls MONTANA DOMINO. I did a quick search and they registered 39 females in 2004, so they could be a source for you. </p><p>If you are looking for something different and unique and pretty darn good, here is a tip for you if you want to follow up on it. Let me know if you come up with anything. I owned a cow: <a href="http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=232F50&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5B5B592526582F2122&9=5252" target="_blank">http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i ... 122&9=5252</a></p><p>She is sired by a bull called JHT BRAE ARDEN 996. He is linebred Brae Arden. They are tightly bred and he was bred by JH Talbott at Laramie, WY. She was a very good cow and they were range cattle. I don't know what ever happened to the Brae Ardens, but if you can get hold of Talbott he may either have some left or tell you who does. They were horned and tightly linebred. If you click on the 39ths sire, 996, and then on his owner some info on Talbott, and Brae Arden Herefords will come up. There is an email there. If the email is no good you could contact the AHA and see if they have an address or phone number for him on file. I know several years ago he was looking for someone to buy him out due to his age. If I hadn't bought the King Dominos I probably would have pursued the Brae Ardens and it would be nice if someone did try to do something with them. Hope this gives you some ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexfarms, post: 596281, member: 8677"] The Prospectors were linebred to Colorado Domino 68. Colorado Domino 68 was one of the main contributors to the dwarfism problems in the Hereford breed back when. The story I always herd was the cattle were donated to CSU and they set out to breed the dwarfism out of them and as far as I know, they did. Prospector 7558 was one of the first bulls to impact the Hereford breed from the CSU linebreeding program. His double grandsire was Prospector 9022 who was the result of mating a bull to his own dam. I had heard that that was the mating that really made the line. Prospector 7558 was used alot. Prospector 0716 was a 7558 son and was a taller bull than his sire. One of the men who used 0716 successfully was Frank Felton. He developed his Prospectors by linebreeding to 0716. They were known for scrotal size, udder quality and thriftiness. There are lots of descendents of the feltons prospectors still in the breed today, although I don't know of any tightly linebreed herds of them. If you are looking for line 1's that are more range type cattle go to the source....Miles City. Or to a breeder that has basically bred them straight from there. Contact Mike MacNeil at Miles City and tell him you want to buy some cows that are high percentage Miles City Line 1 and who has been a repeat customer at the station that could sell you some cows. There are cattlemen in the Montana area that have really concentrated the bloodline and don't advertise much at all. He just might give you a good tip on who to contact. There was a Ken Carlson in South Dakota and Lester Nelson in south Dakota, you might see if Mr MacNeil could give you contact info on either of them. There are others too. There were a couple Langleys up there who used to buy every year at the Miles City auction. MacNeil might know of someone in Canada, although I don't think I ever heard a Canadian name called from the auction block. The Montana State University station at Havre, MT has a herd of Herefords that are Miles City Line 1. Google MSU for a website and contact info. They don't have a sale, I think they sometimes sell privately. They call their females TANA DOMINO and bulls MONTANA DOMINO. I did a quick search and they registered 39 females in 2004, so they could be a source for you. If you are looking for something different and unique and pretty darn good, here is a tip for you if you want to follow up on it. Let me know if you come up with anything. I owned a cow: [url=http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=232B21&2=232F50&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&6=5B5B592526582F2122&9=5252]http://www.herfnet.com/online/cgi-bin/i ... 122&9=5252[/url] She is sired by a bull called JHT BRAE ARDEN 996. He is linebred Brae Arden. They are tightly bred and he was bred by JH Talbott at Laramie, WY. She was a very good cow and they were range cattle. I don't know what ever happened to the Brae Ardens, but if you can get hold of Talbott he may either have some left or tell you who does. They were horned and tightly linebred. If you click on the 39ths sire, 996, and then on his owner some info on Talbott, and Brae Arden Herefords will come up. There is an email there. If the email is no good you could contact the AHA and see if they have an address or phone number for him on file. I know several years ago he was looking for someone to buy him out due to his age. If I hadn't bought the King Dominos I probably would have pursued the Brae Ardens and it would be nice if someone did try to do something with them. Hope this gives you some ideas. [/QUOTE]
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