NAME THE BULL!

not small, just tight...wait, maybe it's the people from the country where the cattle are raised that are so tight. how was it put?, i think by Bill Cosby, "People like that are so tight you couldn't pull a needle out of their ass with a tractor."

I know Bill Cosby. Bill Cosby is my friend. You sir, are no Bill Cosby. Quote by who?

I don't know Bill Cosby but I remember fat Albert.....

The cow in question is the famous Scottish dual purpose Blue Grey cow (AKA Blue-Grey) which is an actual breed over there and is a cross between white shorthorn bull  and a Galloway cow....the cow in question Doris is from the  Blue Greys at Ardjachie, situated near Tain on the shores of the Dornoch Firth in the North of Scotland.

Gimme the prize!!

actually pretty interesting, wierd clues though!
http://www.whitebredshorthorn.com/bluegrey/index.html

farmboy said:

DID YOU GOOGLE THAT 

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not directly - since I had no idea what I was looking for (guess I could have googled blue cow ;D) -I figured xxcc was talking about Scotland (funny when someone says tight rectum I think cows...) so I started looking for Scottish cows that were not Scottish Highland - and just kept following leads til I found ol' Doris.  ;D

Had a thought while moving fence though ...we know Galloway were reported to have TH before Shorthorns were reported to have TH
We don't have Galloway samples so we don't know if the defect is the same or different (sorta like PHA in Maines and Dexters - same gene 2 mutations so Maine breeders can rest assured that we aren't raising Dexters and vice versa)

Wouldn't it be a wierd twist of fate if Shorthorn TH came to the breed from Galloways via the BlueGrey??? : : :

i googled this -->

An Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman went into a bar and ordered a whisky each.
They were just about to sip on their lovely malts when three flies buzzed in and plop, plop, plop, they each fell into a glass.
Well the Englishman is so repulsed he pushes his way.
The Irishman fishes his out and continues drinking quite unperturbed.
The Scotsman picks the fly out of his glass and holds it up by it's wings, shaking it violently shrieking at it:
"Spit it oot, spit it oot ya wee little bastard!!!"

"They often speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst!' - old Scottish Proverb

XXCC may the ghost of my Scottish grandmother haunt you w/ a band of 100 bagpipe players!!

Red

Give us some bulls!!!!

not a bull, but does share the name of one

Any help on year or breed?
Cool looking steer though! Really happy kid!

Red

Chap said:

not a bull, but does share the name of one

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As a KSU alum I am insulted that this is even a challenge. For any one who has ever been around cattle this picture should be ingrained in their memory. For on this day in Chicago the cattle industry changed forever thank you Dr. Don Good.

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OK, ITK beat me w/ a wet noodle! I'm blank but that is not unusual!

Also tell us about the Future Sale you have as your signature.

Red

That is very true "itk", I knew the steer was picked by Dr. Good but for the life of me I couldn't remember the steers name. It was "Conoco", he weighed 1250 lbs. was a yield grade 2, and quality graded out choice. He was a Charolais/Angus Cross. Definitely a high quality steer.

farmboy said:

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A BULL OR NOT, BUT HOW IS THAT THING THAT SHORT!

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That is a bull, it is Prince Peer 15 RLS, Junior and Grand Champion bull in Ft. Worth 1955. Alot of good stories found on Harlan Ritchie's website: http://www.msu.edu/~ritchieh/historical/cattletype.html

Great Jimmy! appreciate the link & information. I had actually forgotten Harlan's site.

Yes, ITK- I should have known!

Red

jimmyski said:

That is very true "itk", I knew the steer was picked by Dr. Good but for the life of me I couldn't remember the steers name. It was "Conoco", he weighed 1250 lbs. was a yield grade 2, and quality graded out choice. He was a Charolais/Angus Cross. Definitely a high quality steer.

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To elaborate even more about the posts this was the first time a cross-bred steer won a major show. His victory allowed cross breeding to become more acceptable a concept. That seems common place now but was unheard of at the time. As mentioned above he hung a carcass that is almost ideal to today's standards. I've know Don almost my whole life but it was not until I got older that I realized what an impact the man had on the cattle industry. He was always just the grandpa of a girl I went to high school with to me.

The "Funding the Future" sale is a new fund raising concept for the AJSA. Shorthorn breeders from across the country have donated semen, flushes and embryos that will be sold at an auction held in conjunction with Jr. Nationals. All proceeds from the sale will be donated to the AJSA. For more information and a sale catalog look at the sale page on the ASA website.

(welcome)  Welcome to the board itk!

Was the sire of the Conoco steer the MCF Conoco line out of Leroy Meyers of Maryland??  I did look at Harlan Ritchey's site.....great compilation of cattle history.

Don't worry.  We do have glimpses of intellegent life on this board.  I think everyone has been very busy with "real life" the last few weeks, and everybody is on the run.  Look back in some of our archives and you will find some meaningful discussions. Please feel free to comment on some of our older discussions.  You may find and angle that was not brought up!!  Any new topics are more than welcomed!

We are not always this silly, but it has been a rough spring and it seems we all need a little frivolity to cheer ourselves up!
Cowz

even a link to the white heifer (my avatar) is on ritchie's site.

anyone know what they are doing with the old line bred shortorns at ksu, or are they gone now?

They have not had shorthorns at KSU for along time now. However they still have many of the artifacts from their shorthorn days around and they are really neat to look at. Right now they run angus, herefords and simmy's. I don't think we will ever see them back there again. It is kind of sad when you look at the impact that the herd and many of the people at KSU had on the shorthorn breed in the early to mid 1900's.

ITK, that would be a really interesting topic for someone to write! I love reading about the beginnings of some of the breeds & their evolution. We are always looking for people to write pieces for our front page. Know you're extremely busy but keep it in the back of your mind if you'd ever like to do it!

Red