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<blockquote data-quote="Kent" data-source="post: 232646" data-attributes="member: 2134"><p>To be blunt, because they are HEREFORDS, for goodness sake. They are every bit as good as Angus in every respect and don't need a black hide borrowed from the Angus to bring top dollar. The Hereford breed will advance on its own merits through the hard work and dedication of its breeders and by keeping the Herd Book CLOSED. </p><p></p><p>The name "Black Hereford" is ridiculous. Why not "White-face Angus"? Can you hear the Angus guys howling about that name? I can, and rightfully so. It's just stupid. Hereford breeders don't want anyone thinking that the great Hereford breed is so desperate that they have to turn their cattle's hides black in order to make money with them.</p><p></p><p>The other breeds who have turned black have also had to struggle to get their breeds introduced into this country because of importation restrictions on live animals. Most of them had to breed up using other breeds as a starting point. They have never had the closed herd book that Herefords and Angus have. It is just different. </p><p></p><p>This horse has been beat to death, but "Black Herefords" are not endorsed by the great American Hereford Association, nor will they ever be. They are mooching off the reputation of the Hereford for free, without permission, to make a cheap dollar. If they want to start their own breed using mostly Hereford genetics, more power to them. Just don't call it a Black Hereford, because once you use an animal not in the Hereford Herd Book, the resulting progeny and their great great great grandprogeny cannot be called Herefords, no matter how many times they are backcrossed to Hereford bulls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kent, post: 232646, member: 2134"] To be blunt, because they are HEREFORDS, for goodness sake. They are every bit as good as Angus in every respect and don't need a black hide borrowed from the Angus to bring top dollar. The Hereford breed will advance on its own merits through the hard work and dedication of its breeders and by keeping the Herd Book CLOSED. The name "Black Hereford" is ridiculous. Why not "White-face Angus"? Can you hear the Angus guys howling about that name? I can, and rightfully so. It's just stupid. Hereford breeders don't want anyone thinking that the great Hereford breed is so desperate that they have to turn their cattle's hides black in order to make money with them. The other breeds who have turned black have also had to struggle to get their breeds introduced into this country because of importation restrictions on live animals. Most of them had to breed up using other breeds as a starting point. They have never had the closed herd book that Herefords and Angus have. It is just different. This horse has been beat to death, but "Black Herefords" are not endorsed by the great American Hereford Association, nor will they ever be. They are mooching off the reputation of the Hereford for free, without permission, to make a cheap dollar. If they want to start their own breed using mostly Hereford genetics, more power to them. Just don't call it a Black Hereford, because once you use an animal not in the Hereford Herd Book, the resulting progeny and their great great great grandprogeny cannot be called Herefords, no matter how many times they are backcrossed to Hereford bulls. [/QUOTE]
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