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Our county fair has a toy/model horse show.  I have been told that the kids can purchase a toy horse and exhibit it at the county fair.  Any other counties out there have a similar show?  Maybe fill me in on details. 

I purchased Ultimate Type with the intention of putting his great rump structure, style, and correctness on the predominately dual based herd I had at the time.  It worked great.  Unfortunately, the 80's happened and my plans kind of got short circuited.  I took a calfhood photo of him at Lazy...

I owned Lazy D Ultimate Type and GR Cop Top Trampass and used an ET son of Boris out of Bonnie Ruberta (Deerpark Leader 18th daughter) at one time.  I purchased Ultimate Type as a calf from Lazy D, later sold him to Duane Sicht, and Merle Welch purchased most of the semen at Duane's sale a few...

Use it or lose it.  As the government continues their attempt to do our "thinking" for us, the results are obvious. 

Mark:  Thanks for making my point.  Next time I'll try to be more clear.  Breed standards?  Black Maines, Black Limmys, black Gelbvieh, black Chis with virtually no Chi breeding, black Chars, red Chars, black Simmys.  And we're worried about a black nose.  More power to Shorthorn Country if they...

I didn't know Char. were red pigmented.  I guess you learn something every day.  Speaking of "pure", how many "pure" Charolais are there around?  Are there any "pure" Herefords out there, black nose or not?  Weren't there some "pure" Herefords not long ago that threw rat tails?  I would say...

On the top ten list of selection factors for my herd, a black nose would be about 25th. 

Torgerson's white with a black nose Pearl (sired by Clark) was long before that.  1975 I think.  She did a ton of winning.  We had an occasional black nosed Shorthorn back in the 60's.  Nothing new. 

I will take tame cattle any day.  I believe there is a very high correlation between "tameness" and the environment the animal is placed in.  (namely, the people they're exposed to)

I certainly liked the bull these calves are sired by and the calves look good, but I don't think the Native breeders want cattle that look like this or that are used for the purpose these calves will be used for.  I'm thankful we have breeders raising the kind of cattle they like and hats off to...

You're right.  I can't really predict calving ease from head shape very well, either.  Some of the hardest calving animals I've heard of around here were Holsteins and they certainly didn't have a short, blocky head.  Maybe shoulder structure would be a more accurate clue? 

Interesting perspective on nukes and the cold war.  You should have been around in the 60's.  When I was in elementary school, we routinely had nuclear bomb day.  When the alarm in the school went off, we bent over, put our heads on our desks, and placed our hands over our heads.  We remained...

That's femininity.  Long necks + long heads = show winners.  Right or wrong, that's the way it is.  I don't think I'd worry too much about that program fibbing on birth weights. 

I guarantee you those old belt buckle cattle were hard calving.  Since most of them back then were horned, we referred to them as square headed.  Every breed was the same.  The first heifer I purchased with my own money was a daughter of Bapton Crusader.  She sure was deep, small, and easy...

Check out Kamal Harris' viewpoint on beef consumption on the Fox News website.  Just read it.

Unfortunately, we are rapidly moving away from a somewhat free capitalistic way of life to a more socialistic brand totally controlled by the east/west coast elite.  Every day some company introduces another meatless "burger".  Too often some state introduces a proposal to limit or greatly...

Epicurious magazine announced they have eliminated any beef recipes from their future publications.  They said it wasn't anything against cattle, just trying to do their part to save the planet.  According to the article I read, an arm of the UN declared that 15% of all global greenhouse gas...

Maine/Irish club calf type bull.  I used him a little 20 years ago.  Had a unique bull calf sired by him named Oakview Two + Two that Dean Fieser used quite a bit.  He later tested Homozygous for DS, believe it or not.  He sired a pretty high selling female in the Little Cedar sale several years...

In the 60's, Shorthorns were criticized for being too fat in the brisket, patchy around the tail head, small ribeye, and too much back fat.  Attributes were gainabiilty, gradeability, milking ability, and temperament.  That's according to the voc ag class book I had in high school.  Angus were...

The "liberal voters" will not see, they will not listen.