Pedigree means little to me as I am a commercial producer.
How can I say this so that perhaps I can make myself understood??!!?? :shock: :???: - - - - - - - - -Hm-m-m- - - I really don't know! :roll: :roll: There have been literally hundred's of posts on these two Forums and - -I guess - -hundreds of thousands of articles, print-outs, reports, reviews, essays, treatises, written materials, catalog comments, textbooks, editorials - - - and on and on and on attempting to explain WHAT and WHY and HOW it is so important in the improvement of the breedstock of our beef cattle in making a larger income at the end of the day, or year, and hanging a more profitable carcass on the rail to
KNOW what the GENETIC background is of our cattle! The only way to know that is through the ancestry of the bulls and cows in our herds. The way to know that ancestry is - - - - -PEDIGREES - - -whether they are Purebred - - or mongrels or scrubs. If they are alive - they have a genetic background through their parents. That genetic background is shown through pedigrees - whether they are written on a parchment scroll in India ink, or printed from a computer, or scribbled on the back of an envelope with a dull, stub of a lead pencil. To improve your herd you must know what your herd consists of. Registered or commercial - makes no difference. - - - -Another old saying: "You don't buy a pig in a poke!" Knowing what your Bulls genetic make-up is DOES mean more than a little to you! You don't improve your 'commercial' herd by buying a "Bull in a poke" either.
Am I spinning my wheels here??
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