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<blockquote data-quote="KNERSIE" data-source="post: 479865" data-attributes="member: 4353"><p>"mellow yellow" was a buzzword in the pony era.</p><p></p><p>As far as the white on the backs, it was never the norm, the oldtimers discriminated as much against too much white (line backs) as they did against the lack thereof (rednecks). </p><p></p><p>It probably started in the showring, but silly as it may sound it did serve a purpose to protect breed character, something that has been lost to a great degree eversince. We can only speculate why :roll: </p><p></p><p>The milking ability comment was probably based on a single line that milked well that happened to be more yellow than cherry red, but to say "high yellers" milked better in general is little more than an old wife's tale. There was a time when the typical hereford cow was short, squat, fat and fertile and lacked milking ability. The problem with going too far with milk is that the fertility part suffers and then its completely counter productive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KNERSIE, post: 479865, member: 4353"] "mellow yellow" was a buzzword in the pony era. As far as the white on the backs, it was never the norm, the oldtimers discriminated as much against too much white (line backs) as they did against the lack thereof (rednecks). It probably started in the showring, but silly as it may sound it did serve a purpose to protect breed character, something that has been lost to a great degree eversince. We can only speculate why :roll: The milking ability comment was probably based on a single line that milked well that happened to be more yellow than cherry red, but to say "high yellers" milked better in general is little more than an old wife's tale. There was a time when the typical hereford cow was short, squat, fat and fertile and lacked milking ability. The problem with going too far with milk is that the fertility part suffers and then its completely counter productive. [/QUOTE]
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