Still awaiting our first calf of the year from Pecan, and as always hoping for a heifer. Pecan is bred to a bull we had years ago, a son of Whittier-Farms Ned Boy named Foxfield Doreigh NB Rex. Besides the Ned Boy he had some Triple Threat back there on the dam's side and threw a lot of black reds. We bought him at an auction when Liz was a baby, and although he is long gone, we still have a unit or two left of him. His daughters were always kind of round-boned more than we like and not the nicest-natured critters on the farm, but they were tough and lasted a long time.
We were all sad to hear of the passing of Gaige Highlight Tamara, a famous New York Holstein, bred and owned by folks the kids have often showed with over the years. In fact her owner let Liz take her in the ring a couple of times at the Cooperstown Junior show when there were more cows going in than there were hands for the halters. She was a spectacularly beautiful animal.
Tamara has sons in AI, 15 EX daughters and was scored 4-E 97 in her own right, about as good as it gets.....truly one of the great ones. So sorry to hear of her passing.
***Very sorry about the old photos. With the death of the desktop most of my photos are hard to get to, so......
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Only a true farmer/dairyman would understand the loss in the passing of a wonderfully bred animal/cow.
My hat is off to you!
Linda
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Ditto what Linda wrote. Loved the older picture.
Another late wonderfully bred Holstein led to the 1968 introduction of a gal from PA & a guy from VA at the Eastern National in Harrisburg, PA. Been married since July '69 . . .
Hope you get a heifer calf soon!!
I sure hope the heat issues get resolved before the chilly weather comes back!
I honestly am amazed at the science and art of animal husbandry.
It's a little odd that I was waking up this morning thinking about genetic contributions of genes to the family members I'm encountering recently.
I can see the stamps of sires and dames. Some good . . . some not so . . . :)
Linda, she was a great one!
Nursejoan, congrats on your marriage and thanks for the kind wishes. I only danced with the boss that first time he asked me the first time we met, because he had a farmer tan. lol And then came the cow auction in Canada for a honeymoon. But we got to see Brookview Tony Charity sell for a phenomenal sum.
Lisa, OMG, me too! I am so tired of either being downright cold or not quite warm enough.
Cathy, we have had many a good laugh over the heritability of temperament over the years. According to the experts cow behavior is not particularly heritable so they don't measure it on sire summaries. Yet ask ANY registered Holstein breeder of the right era about Paclamar Astronaut daughters and they will shudder about how crazy mean they were. And so many other traits are passed down generation after generation among the cattle....you can't help but notice after a few decades spent close to them...no doubt it is the same with people.
I just watched a video over on Dairy Agenda Today. Pete Heffering talking about Charity & her nearly $1.5 million sale price -
Honeymooned in Canada, too! Romandale, etc, VT & HFAA in Brattleboro, cows & scenery through points South to VA.
Faithfully follow the view from Northview!
Nurse Joan, ah, the memories. I will have to look for that video. The boss went to one Romandale auction too, before I met him. Your honeymoon sounds wonderful! Ours was certainly memorable. lol
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