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<blockquote data-quote="cmf1" data-source="post: 686995" data-attributes="member: 6681"><p>HS,</p><p>I'm a pup in this cow calf business and didn't really put that many years into stockers before I decided I wanted to chase the perfect beast.</p><p>But what I like about your posts is that you continually throw 2+2 against the wall trying to get 5.</p><p>Academia has it's uses, but more often than not, these days they are all about achieving consensus, and grants. </p><p>And then looking down their "more knowledgeable than thou through numbers noses" at people who actually apply science and practice to reality. </p><p>Paper can no way breed cattle, milk cattle, butcher it, or taste it. </p><p>It can support what practice has taught you. It can make you look harder at something you may not have considered. </p><p>I would rather have a veteran practicing cattleman help me choose stock than a guy that could recite every bloodline and epd value known to mankind off the top of his head, that didn't actually raise cattle. Scientific knowledge is to be tempered with practical usage or it is useless.</p><p><em>Now if I could bring them both with me to hunt stock, I'd be one lucky dog.</em> :nod: :nod: :nod: </p><p></p><p>I'm a nonconformist, and an eternal optimist, and I love to consider the possibilities. And I appreciate the way you extrapolate numbers to arrive at conclusions that will be perfect on paper. </p><p>But one of the expressions I hear to often with dread is;</p><p> "Dang it, It worked on paper".</p><p>At the same time, a different perspective is entertaining and sometimes thought provoking.</p><p>And I'm guessing you do more thinking than doing, cattlewise, and provoking thought is your main thrust.</p><p>No offense whatsoever intended, and I respect your ability to stir a pot. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cmf1, post: 686995, member: 6681"] HS, I'm a pup in this cow calf business and didn't really put that many years into stockers before I decided I wanted to chase the perfect beast. But what I like about your posts is that you continually throw 2+2 against the wall trying to get 5. Academia has it's uses, but more often than not, these days they are all about achieving consensus, and grants. And then looking down their "more knowledgeable than thou through numbers noses" at people who actually apply science and practice to reality. Paper can no way breed cattle, milk cattle, butcher it, or taste it. It can support what practice has taught you. It can make you look harder at something you may not have considered. I would rather have a veteran practicing cattleman help me choose stock than a guy that could recite every bloodline and epd value known to mankind off the top of his head, that didn't actually raise cattle. Scientific knowledge is to be tempered with practical usage or it is useless. [i]Now if I could bring them both with me to hunt stock, I'd be one lucky dog.[/i] :nod: :nod: :nod: I'm a nonconformist, and an eternal optimist, and I love to consider the possibilities. And I appreciate the way you extrapolate numbers to arrive at conclusions that will be perfect on paper. But one of the expressions I hear to often with dread is; "Dang it, It worked on paper". At the same time, a different perspective is entertaining and sometimes thought provoking. And I'm guessing you do more thinking than doing, cattlewise, and provoking thought is your main thrust. No offense whatsoever intended, and I respect your ability to stir a pot. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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