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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 612620" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>I believe these old bulls are very important to the Hereford industry. If one takes the time and is willing to put out the effort, many traits can be traced back to these original sires. Take for instance meat tenderness or quality. Back then there were no EPD's or DNA test"s. All they had was carcass evaluation. Many times that was not available. So what one has to do is find more current animals and trace there pedigree back to one of these originals. By looking for the common denominator for these qualities one can determine which bulls were more likely to be responsible for these traits. The more times you find animals in the pedigree tracing back to a certain sire the more likelihood that original is responsible for the trait. The same may be said for bad traits. For instance bad udders or bad temperament. A lot of information is only available by talking to old timers.</p><p>This has resulted in me being able to increase the rating I get from the GeneStar tests . And yes I know that only tells me what potential they have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 612620, member: 5494"] I believe these old bulls are very important to the Hereford industry. If one takes the time and is willing to put out the effort, many traits can be traced back to these original sires. Take for instance meat tenderness or quality. Back then there were no EPD's or DNA test"s. All they had was carcass evaluation. Many times that was not available. So what one has to do is find more current animals and trace there pedigree back to one of these originals. By looking for the common denominator for these qualities one can determine which bulls were more likely to be responsible for these traits. The more times you find animals in the pedigree tracing back to a certain sire the more likelihood that original is responsible for the trait. The same may be said for bad traits. For instance bad udders or bad temperament. A lot of information is only available by talking to old timers. This has resulted in me being able to increase the rating I get from the GeneStar tests . And yes I know that only tells me what potential they have. [/QUOTE]
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