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<blockquote data-quote="DiamondSCattleCo" data-source="post: 356883" data-attributes="member: 2862"><p>Both the American and Canadian Shorthorn Associations have specifically stated that there will never be a "black" purebred Shorthorn allowed into the closed registry. I'm not sure how they'll stop it, given that goofy 255/256 rule, however there are a few guys out there who are attempting to change that rule. A closed registry should be just that: CLOSED. With all the bastardization going on in the breed registries these days (and not just the Shorthorn book), soon all we're going to have are "cows" with no breed differentiation at all.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong. I like many appendix Shorthorns. There are probably more appendix Shorthorns out there that would benefit a commercial cattleman more than a purebred. A healthy percentage of my own commercial cows are Angus/Shorthorn or Simm/Shorthorn crosses and would be registerable under the appendix rules. Will I ever do it? I dunno, but I doubt it. It strikes me that all you're doing is putting on airs. Papers don't make a doggoned good cow better than she is.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Randi, your pics aren't coming up for me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> How have your birthweights been from that Able son? I haven't had any purebreds calve yet, but my birthweights are well up there. Averaging about 120 lbs from my little cows. Calving ease is excellent with no pulls (except for a wreck when two cows were calving side by side and one stopped when the other cow finished).</p><p></p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DiamondSCattleCo, post: 356883, member: 2862"] Both the American and Canadian Shorthorn Associations have specifically stated that there will never be a "black" purebred Shorthorn allowed into the closed registry. I'm not sure how they'll stop it, given that goofy 255/256 rule, however there are a few guys out there who are attempting to change that rule. A closed registry should be just that: CLOSED. With all the bastardization going on in the breed registries these days (and not just the Shorthorn book), soon all we're going to have are "cows" with no breed differentiation at all. Don't get me wrong. I like many appendix Shorthorns. There are probably more appendix Shorthorns out there that would benefit a commercial cattleman more than a purebred. A healthy percentage of my own commercial cows are Angus/Shorthorn or Simm/Shorthorn crosses and would be registerable under the appendix rules. Will I ever do it? I dunno, but I doubt it. It strikes me that all you're doing is putting on airs. Papers don't make a doggoned good cow better than she is. Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Randi, your pics aren't coming up for me :( How have your birthweights been from that Able son? I haven't had any purebreds calve yet, but my birthweights are well up there. Averaging about 120 lbs from my little cows. Calving ease is excellent with no pulls (except for a wreck when two cows were calving side by side and one stopped when the other cow finished). Rod [/QUOTE]
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