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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1845481" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>When I was growing up, back when I was little, like under 10, there were LOT of dairies around here. They would breed the heifers to Jerseys for the 1st calves, and sell the bull calves and raise the heifers to add to their milling herd. I was about 10, when the first dairy started using Angus or Hereford bulls. Before that, you bought the Holstein and Jers-Hol bull calves for $5. Once they went to using Ang and Herford bulls, the prices went to $10 and you could buy heifer bottle calves too. When I was in high school and college, some dairies were using what I <em>thought</em> were Brahma bulls . I learned just last week, that they were probably Gyr (or Gir) . I was reading the inside of a Brangus production sale catalog,, and this particular farm that their Grandaddy started, was involved in raising Gyr-Holsteins, as part of some kind of program, back then. Seems like Gyr/Gir are a Zebu breed of dairy cows, used a lot in not only India, but a lot of African and South American countries. This program was part of a project by some college or maybe even USDA or some kind of government program,. to help improve the dairy herds in Africa and South America. Dunno if they got some kind of subsidy or guaranteed price for them or what.... the catalog just said that about 45 years ago, they started raising registered Angus. But, it got my curiosity up, and I got it on my "<em>to do list</em>", to research this in my spare time. </p><p></p><p>The last dairy herd in my county, closed and converted to beef cow-calf in 2000. But I remember in the 70's or early 80's, them having what I thought were Brahma bulls for their heifers. The owner would be about 80 now, and I intend to ask him, (<em>next time I see him at a funeral...seems like that is about the only time I see any old friends now days, is when one of us dies</em>) if he remembers what it was his daddy started breeding to, and if he knows if it had anything to do with that program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1845481, member: 40587"] When I was growing up, back when I was little, like under 10, there were LOT of dairies around here. They would breed the heifers to Jerseys for the 1st calves, and sell the bull calves and raise the heifers to add to their milling herd. I was about 10, when the first dairy started using Angus or Hereford bulls. Before that, you bought the Holstein and Jers-Hol bull calves for $5. Once they went to using Ang and Herford bulls, the prices went to $10 and you could buy heifer bottle calves too. When I was in high school and college, some dairies were using what I [I]thought[/I] were Brahma bulls . I learned just last week, that they were probably Gyr (or Gir) . I was reading the inside of a Brangus production sale catalog,, and this particular farm that their Grandaddy started, was involved in raising Gyr-Holsteins, as part of some kind of program, back then. Seems like Gyr/Gir are a Zebu breed of dairy cows, used a lot in not only India, but a lot of African and South American countries. This program was part of a project by some college or maybe even USDA or some kind of government program,. to help improve the dairy herds in Africa and South America. Dunno if they got some kind of subsidy or guaranteed price for them or what.... the catalog just said that about 45 years ago, they started raising registered Angus. But, it got my curiosity up, and I got it on my "[I]to do list[/I]", to research this in my spare time. The last dairy herd in my county, closed and converted to beef cow-calf in 2000. But I remember in the 70's or early 80's, them having what I thought were Brahma bulls for their heifers. The owner would be about 80 now, and I intend to ask him, ([I]next time I see him at a funeral...seems like that is about the only time I see any old friends now days, is when one of us dies[/I]) if he remembers what it was his daddy started breeding to, and if he knows if it had anything to do with that program. [/QUOTE]
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