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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 31168"><p>My family has had horns since 1896, so i feel fairly qualified to voice an opinion. First of all, the shorthorns in the US today are nothing like they were 30 years ago. The Irish and Milker cattle have made them big, course and generally hard doing. It is tough to get first calf heifers to rebreed without supplemental feed. When I was a kid, we used to have problems with scours from too much milk and the ligaments on the udders would give out causing us to cull cows early. Now I see shorthorns that don't milk worth a darn. The club calf concoction sure is pretty but they leave alot to be desired as beef cattle. </p><p></p><p>I can't blame anyone who raises horns to go that route, though. You can't sell a red polled performance bull and you get docked at the yards for shorties. If you want to make any money with shorts, you better be selling clubbies. If it weren't for the popularity in the show ring, I don't know if horns would have survived as anything more than a novelty breed like a friggin longhorn or a dexter.</p><p></p><p>If someone held a gun to my head and wanted me to put together a herd of horns with the traits that made them good cattle, I would buy Canadian. There are some great old school type horns north of the border. Not so much around here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 31168"] My family has had horns since 1896, so i feel fairly qualified to voice an opinion. First of all, the shorthorns in the US today are nothing like they were 30 years ago. The Irish and Milker cattle have made them big, course and generally hard doing. It is tough to get first calf heifers to rebreed without supplemental feed. When I was a kid, we used to have problems with scours from too much milk and the ligaments on the udders would give out causing us to cull cows early. Now I see shorthorns that don't milk worth a darn. The club calf concoction sure is pretty but they leave alot to be desired as beef cattle. I can't blame anyone who raises horns to go that route, though. You can't sell a red polled performance bull and you get docked at the yards for shorties. If you want to make any money with shorts, you better be selling clubbies. If it weren't for the popularity in the show ring, I don't know if horns would have survived as anything more than a novelty breed like a friggin longhorn or a dexter. If someone held a gun to my head and wanted me to put together a herd of horns with the traits that made them good cattle, I would buy Canadian. There are some great old school type horns north of the border. Not so much around here. [/QUOTE]
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