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I told this story on the phone the other evening.... kind of neat, thought i'd share.
Saturday December fourth was our county 4-H steer weigh in. My oldest boy and I drove a whole five miles down the road to our neighboring French purebred outfit. The deal was to start at 9 am and it was 7 above zero with a mid thirty mph wind right out of the north. We unloaded the two steers and weighed them. One was 624 and one was 590. The neighboring family was all there helping and the oldest boy piped up and said - boy you guys sure have small steers. I could see the reaction in my son's face (i'm better at deflecting that stuff) and so could the boy's father. I was set back when the boy's father almost scolded him right after he said it. He said and I quote - ya, but did you see their cows this morning out ruffing it in the snow and wind. I kind of smiled at the guy and he noded my way and that was that. Anyhow these neighbor's old man used to run purebred herefords and I don't get the impression this guy has forgot about it. We were the only ones out of thirty other steers from the county that showed up that morning for the weigh in - the neighboring wife said everyone else called and said they were too busy feeding cows. On the way out of there I could tell my boy's feelings were hurt (I can remeber the same feelings as a kid). I made sure to point out the 1900 lbs white cows eating from a bunk line full of ground hay and rolled corn and tried my best to explain what the difference boils down to and also pointed out the row of creep feeders that graze their summer pastures right along with the cows. The only other steers that weighed in that morning was the neighbors white steers... the heaviest weighed just over 900lbs.