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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 325512" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>The old simmies had much heavier BW than they have now - but they were lots bigger COWS and could easily handle the bigger calves.</p><p>The real old Simmies (70's type) had good feet & legs. It was when we went chasing the showring wanting TALL cattle, they got gutless & bad legged. Fortunately for us, we wanted to win in the show ring, but volume & structure were more important to us as a breeder.</p><p>BUT, the old heavy BW calves were much slower getting going than the new modern type calves. I used to make excuses for them - must be low on SE, need another shot, was too cold, blah,blah. Now, I realize the truth is they were SLOWER, didn't have the energy of these newer calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 325512, member: 968"] The old simmies had much heavier BW than they have now - but they were lots bigger COWS and could easily handle the bigger calves. The real old Simmies (70's type) had good feet & legs. It was when we went chasing the showring wanting TALL cattle, they got gutless & bad legged. Fortunately for us, we wanted to win in the show ring, but volume & structure were more important to us as a breeder. BUT, the old heavy BW calves were much slower getting going than the new modern type calves. I used to make excuses for them - must be low on SE, need another shot, was too cold, blah,blah. Now, I realize the truth is they were SLOWER, didn't have the energy of these newer calves. [/QUOTE]
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