P2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 10,1984
Purdy selected to judge
1984 Angus Futurity
SMITHVILLE, Mo. Tom
Burke, chairman of the 1984 All-
American Angus Breeders’
Futurity, Smithville, Mo., and Joe
Bill Meng, manager, Bowling
Green, Ky., have announced that
the executive committee has
selected Herman Purdy of Hun
tingdon Farms, Alexandria, to
judge the 37th Annual Show which
is scheduled for July 30 and 31 at
the Kentucky Fair and Exposition
Center in Louisville, Ky.
Record nominations have
already been received, and over
$40,000 in premiums and awards
will be offered in this year’s show,
making it the largest premium
ever offered in the history of the
Angus breed in any show.
Judge Purdy is one of the most
respected purebred livestock
breeders in the world, and his
selection to judge the 1984 Futurity
marks the third time in the history
of the show that he has served in
thte capacity. Prior assignments
were in 1951 and 1973.
Purdy, bom on a livestock farm
in Missouri, had a long and
distinguished career during his
tenure of service at Penn State
University and over the past four
decades has judged nearly every
major livestock show in the world.
Limousin announces trait
leaders in Sire Summary
DENVER, Co. - The North
American Limousin Foundation
(NALF) has released the names of
the individual bulls leading its 1984
Sire Summary is each of four
genetic traits; birth weight,
weaning weight, yearling weight
and maternal value.
Of the 2,728 bulls listed in the 1984
summary, the sire leading in birth
weight is WS Nitro 157 L, owned by
the New Breeds Industries Inc.,
Manhattan, Kan. Performance
data shows that Nitre’s calves
average 4.9 pounds lighter at birth
than the average of all the bulls in
the summary. Second in the birth
weight category is Hibemain Nero,
last year’s leader in the trait.
Hibernian Nero is owned by
Palmetto Creek Farms, Pine
Mountain, Ga.
Explorer BUITIL, owned by Jo-
Mar Ranch, Harvey, N.D., and
American Breeders Service, De
Forest, Wis., leads the 205-day
weight category for the second
year in a row. The expected
progeny difference (EPD) for this
bull’s calves is 14.8 pounds heavier
at weaning than the summary
average. Prairielane’s Eros 6504 H,
owned by Allan Ogren, De Smet,
S.D., comes in second in weaning
weight this year with an EPD of
14.3 pounds.
Goldenview Krugerrand 250 K,
owned by McConnell Limousin
Farms, Farwell, Mich., is the 1984
Limousin trait leader in adjusted
365-day weight. According to the
evaluation, Krugerrand-sired
calves weigh 29.4 pounds more
than the sire summary average.
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Herman Purdy presently owns
and manages Huntingdon Farms
along with John Dawes near
Alexandria, and their breeding
program has produced countless
national champions.
For entry forms, write to; Joe
Bill Meng, Manager, ALL
AMERICAN ANGUS
BREEDERS’ FUTURITY, Rt. 3,
Box 187, Bowling Green, Kentucky
42101,502/529-3421.
The second spot in yearling weight
is held by Black Mercedes LIM
66K, owned by American Breeders
Service, De Forest, Wis.
The final trait, maternal value,
is led by Dakota Chance 77, a bull
owned by Pompadour Hills Ranch,
Highmore, S.D. Maternal value
measures a bull’s transmitting
ability for milk production and is
found by taking the weaning
weights of the bull’s daughters’
calves. The data shows that
Dakota Chance 77’s daughters
wean calves that are 12.4 pounds
heavier at weaning than the
summary average. Circle Her
cules, owned by Gregg Thompson,
Broken Arrow, Okla., has the
second highest maternal value, an
EPD of 9.1 pounds.
The 1984 Limousin Sire Sum
mary also includes an honor roll
listing of bulls that excel in at least
three of the four traits and are
average or better in the other one.
This year, 70 bulls qualified for the
honor roll, compared to 19 last
year.
The ‘B4 Limousin Sire Summary
is the most complete and accurate
sire evaluation that has ever been
published. It is the first one in the
beef industry to use the new
genetic relationship matrix on all
traits and the BLUP (Best Linear
Unbiased Predition) method for
calculating maternal values.
The Limousin Sire Summary
may be obtained free of charge by
contacting the North American
Limousin Foundation, 100
Livestock Exchange Bldg.,
Denver, Co. 80216.
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DENVER, Co. - The 1984
Linousin Sire Summary is out, and
Dr. Keith Bertrand and Dr. Larry
Benyshek, both of the University of
Georgia, say the new edition can
be described as “a ‘dam’ sight
better than last year’s summary.”
In fact, the Limousin summary
is a “dam” sight better than any of
the U.S. breed sire evaluations that
have been published so far,
because it is the first and only one
that includes information on dams
in the sire analysis procedures.
Up until now, when values for
sire evaluations were computed, it
was assumed that the sire’s off
spring resulted from random
matings, and the dam’s genetic
contribution was ignored as more
or less a constant. However, in
many cases, the progeny were not
the products of a random mating
system, but of a controlled
breeding program, in which better
sires were mated to better cows, or
heifers were mated to easy '•?iv»ng
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AK-SAR-BEN to host Natl.
Polled Shorthorn event
OMAHA, Mb. The 1984
National Polled Shorthorn
Congress will be held March 30-31
at Ak-Sar-Ben Field, Omaha, Ne.
This annual show and sale is
sponsored by the American Polled
Shorthorn Society, and both the
show and sale will feature 64 lots of
strictly polled seedstock.
The sale will see top quality, high
performance Polled Shorthorn
bulls and females from top herds in
the United States and Canada sell
to buyers from across the con
tinent. As in the past, numerous
show champions, both past and
upcoming, will be auctioned to the
highest bidders.
Scheduled events during the
congress include a show of sale
cattle beginning at 1 p.m., March
30. Dr. Jerry Lipsey, University of
Missouri, Columbia, Mo., will
judge the show and evaluate the
offering. The sale will then be held
March 31, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Additional agenda items include
the annual meeting of the
American Polled Shorthorn
Society and a fund raising activity
for the American Junior Shorthorn
Association.
Consignors to the 1984 National
Polled Shorthorn Congress Show
and Sale are: AA Farm, Arnold
Krog, Lake Benton, Mn.; Aber
feldy Farms, Milton, Ontario,
Canada; William Bales,
Morristown, Tn.; Bent Spear
Cattle Co., Ansley, Ne.; Sherman
Berg, Blair, Ne.; Berg’s Shor
thorns, Osage, la.; Bem-A-Dale
Shorthorns, Oakland, la.; Cates
Farms, Modoc, In.; Cloy
Cheesman & Family, Modoc, In.;
Chris Haven Farm, Seymour, Tn.;
and Dauland Farm, Inkster, N.D.
Also Lonnie Flack, Nevada, la.;
Leßoy Getzelman, Hampshire, 11. ;
Robert Hahn & Sons, Minonk, II.;
Calvin Hiatt Jr. & Sons, Cicero,
In.; High Point Farm, Columbia,
Mo.; Phillip Hueneke, Bellevue,
la.; J & J Humphreys, Wolcott,
In.; Pete Hunter, Coggon, la.;
Maurice and Faye Korthaus,
Prospect, Ky.; Wilber Korthaus &
Sons, Walcott, la.; Lazy D Ranch,
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Either of these circumstances
would throw the calculations off,
and the bull’s score in the sire
summary would reflect more
genetic credit than he actually
deserved, because at least part of
the calves’ superiority came from
the dam.
However, the 1984 Limousin Sire
Summary marks a breakthrough
for performance records in the
cattle industry. For the first time,
the summary incorporates in
formation on dams in the
evaluation process; and the
computer makes an adjustment
for the genetic material that was
transmitted by the cow. As a
result, the expected progeny
deferences (EPDs) in the new
Limousin sire summary present
the most accurate and complete
measure of genetic differences
between sires that is available
today.
Excelsior Springs, Mo.; Robert
Mohn, Cottonwood, Mn.; North
Valley Farm, Neche, N.D.; and
Oak Hill Farm, Austin, Mn.
And Ralph J. Pope & Son,
Metcalf, II.; Riverbend Shor
thorns, Breckenridge, Mi.; Rolyn
Shorthorns, Delavan, II.; S & S
Cattle Co., Greenfield, In.;
Sangamon Farms, Dewittville,
N.Y.; Schrag Shorthorn Farms,
Marion, S.D.; Dean Steck,
Delavan, II.; Darrel Steck & Sons,
Wataga, II.; Robert Stevenson, St.
Johns, Mi.; Stonelea Farm,
Prospect, Ky.; Sutherland Shor
thorns, Prospect, Ky,; Edgar and
John Wise, Bethany, II.; and Todd
Wise, Owaneco. 11.
In addition to evaluating a bull’s
offspring when figuring EPDs, sire
summaries also use pedigree in
formation. In the past, only in
formation from the sire side of the
pedigree was used, but the new
Limousin summary also uses
relationships from the dam side.
Using both sides of the pedigree
increases the accuracy of
prediction, which is especially
important when evaluating young
bafts with few progeny. Studying
data from both the sire and dam
sides also helps to account for
genetic trends in the Limousin
breed.
A third improvement in the 1984
Limousin sire evaluation is in the
area of maternal traits. Before,
only the sire’s daughters’ first calf
weaning weights were used to
predict his potential for tran
smitting milking ability to his
daughters. The new summary
includes records on all of the
daughters’ calves. The maternal
EPD scores are more accurate
because they have been adjusted
for the number of daughters’
progeny and the repeatability of
weaning weight.
Benyshek and Bertrand, the
scientists responsible for the
changes in the 1984 Limousin Sire
Summary, say the new methods
“have enhanced the accuracy of
the genetic evaluations tremen
dously.” They say the summary is
based on “sound genetic principles
developed through the con
tributions of many researchers. ’ ’
Because of the new procedures,
the Limousin Sire Summary is not
only the most accurate and most
complete evaluation ever
published, but also the largest,
with more than 2,700 entires.
The ‘B4 Limousin Sire Summary
is available upon requests made to
the North American Limousin
Foundation, 100 Livestock Ex
change Bldg., Denver, CO. 80216.