Well...it seems that breed asscociations are constantly evolving maybe changes are in order.Seems all breeds of cattle are trying to look like angus. It almost seems like to me there would be potential to form a maine anjou composite breed. For example the santa gertrudis was a newly established breed. They were hybrid cattle(shorthorn and brahman) that were linebred for years and eventually considered a breed. Is it time for such a thing in the maine anjou and Angus cattle? It would be a long process that would take alot of time to develop or what ever but what does history tell us. It would be kinda interesting to study how breeds and assc's have developed and formed. Wasn't the Santa Gertrudious started by one ranch? I would think that the Red Angus breed would be considered to have had the most success as a start up. Or would it be better to try and change the current organizations? There are all kind of breeds having appendix programs. Red Angus,Shorthorn,Simmental,Limi's,Gelbviehs,Salers, Maine Anjou, and who am I leaving out. Your Red Angus's appendix is like the 1b cattle. They are appendix but they are not trying to look like another breed. It was just a program to upgrade and increase numbers. I never thought I'd see the polled Herfords and the herfords combine. 30 years ago the two enities were seperate and they didn't nessecarily like each others cattle or each other. They had a lot of pride. Back then you had the polled and the horned factions ready to go to war over something as minor as the horn condition of cattle. Now you have breeds that seem to deal in say 3 breeds within their organization. I'm not saying its wrong or right its just the way it is. I reckon it has to do with organizations survival(keeping or increasing numbers). It is good to have various breeds and types of cattle out there because economic and enviromental conditions will change. I remember when alot of Herford breeders got into the Salers for some reason to try and survive the coming of the exotic cattle or whatever. Sometimes the voyage is more interesting than the destination.