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I was able to purchase Gafa Macbest's Lady 32d in 1999 she was a 3/4 sister to 6g and happened to be carrying Wolf Ridge High Level when I brought her down.Needless to say he played a very important role in my herd.Here is a pic of one of my favorite High Level daughters.

Lookin good Okotoks and I don't think the dams hurt those calves one bit. ;D.I think Oakview has every right to be optimistic. I will never forget that night for many reasons but watching 6g walk out of his shed made me forget that I had never been colder in my whole life. Coyote I think that...

A.J.,One of the posters on the Keeney's corner site referenced by the Librarian mentions an experience with Simmental influenced cattle in the 70's.He also mentioned that all the cattle that had bumps on the pelvis also had high tailheads.It could be a valuable study to see if there was any...

Coyote,that is the Frontline Bull x4166343,Librarian is this the bull your thinking of?There is some connection to Beowulf through Port O Call but I am not seeing much connection otherwise.It wouldn't bother me a bit if they were closely related. Oakview how about some Zulu calf pictures?This...

I really like Coyote's Hero bull.I just couldn't resist though when Okotoks said he had the best calving ease# in the whole thread.This guy is 13.0  :)Sorry Oakview another boring red one but he has sired some classic roans. ;D

Like your bull and his dam Coyote!

Apparently Quane must have felt he needed an outcross about 20 years before you were there Mark or maybe he had planned to embark on a crossbreeding program at that time.

Multi generational sorting and building a reliable pedigree is in my opinion the best way to build a predictable product.There could be a host of other factors DNA related besides milk type that come together to make that optimum performing individual.Maybe the milk type is just an indicator...

Is it selection pressure or age?

The Shorthorn association actually owns the Shorthorn World and Country and leases it to Cagwin. Thanks to another of Ron Bolze's initiatives the ASA has a complete leather bound set.I think it would be a great thing to have these available to the breeders via the internet.Sue is correct in the...

My experience has only been with the Shorthorn breed but based on what I have seen over the past 42 years I would say that scrotal circumference has very little if any influence on fertility.My first experience was with the duals and I quickly learned to wean early or separate the sexes. I...

Looking good JTM!I like these calves and appreciate their uniformity.Hats off to A&T as well.Aaron has shown what can be achieved with a focused and disciplined breeding program in a relatively short time.

The Thiemans used a bull that was at least a 1/2 brother to the old bull in my last post bred in the same herd.The first picture is a grandson that is in Max Leaders pedigree.The other 2 bulls are in Max Leaders paternal granddams line the calf is a grandson of the other.That older bull is in...

One of the pictures in my mind that I will never forget was seeing a large group of I think it was 90 head of what I was told were Thomas bred cows in 1974 when they were in Ohio.I don't know how close Max Leader was in the pedigree but these cows were impressive and the uniformity was amazing.I...

For the Librarian, the Riverside and Lynwood herds were basically extensions of the Hultine Collynie breeding program.I have attached a couple pictures of Hultine bulls used by Lynwood.The best thing that ever happened as far as I am concerned is that the Polled breeders had to keep some of this...

I don't have any pictures of the grandaughters  but will try to get you some in the near future.Check out this pedigree 4207660.

CSB, as you know a conversation with Mary Bell was time well spent.Iron sharpens iron. Librarian,unfortunately I only purchased 2 units of the Surprise bull so his influence will be limited to the 2 grandaughters I have in the herd.Their mother by the way was out of the dam of 4508. Glad to...

I have enjoyed this discussion as well.Not the most flattering picture of the Defender I have seen but he was a very old bull when the neighbors shetland pony kicked him in the knee and they had to ship him as a result of that injury.I took that picture of Promise A Chief on one of my visits to...

Looking good SeannyT,that cow looks like she will easily wean a calf 1/2 her weight.The 33b heifer looks familiar to me.