D4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28,1983 4 roughage ’ beef animals ITHACA, N.Y. - Polled Herefords that will perform well on roughage and can withstand Northeast winters are predicted to be the ideal or goal for breeders five years from now. Both James Conway, manager of Overlook Farm at Little Falls, N.Y., and Bob Falke, manager of Dunwalke Farm at Far Hills, N.J., panel members at the Empire Polled Hereford Association’s pre sale program on May 13 agreed that emphasis on frame and size has or is producing brood cows that "are big enough.” Frame score (height measured at the tups) will not be emphasized so much and brook cows will be asked to perform on feeds grown locally and with a little less ‘TLC’”, Conway said. Falke added, “the practical breeder will be the one to survive and those producers with only small sized cows will self-destruct. Breeders probably won’t be able to afford to purchase gram and there should be no need to produce beyond a frame size 5 cow. 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