imont
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Re: Type merit Vs Lifespan
Simon I agree with what you are saying 100%. An old saying 'early ripe early rotten' probably sums it up quite well. Unfortunately the early ripe animals get higher heifer classifications which leads to a higher Type Merit score for their sire (call him sire a) whereas the bull that breeds the slower maturing heifers which make the great cows that we all want score lower as 2 yr olds which lowers the type merit of that sire (call him sire b) in his proof. This is further compounded as all sire a's sons in their 1st proof are helped by high parent averages and sire b's sons in their 1st proof are hurt by the lower parent average type merit. In suming up Type Merit doesn't tell the whole story.
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19/8/2003, 21:39
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mckeague
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Re: Type merit Vs Lifespan
Type merit is getting a bad press, but what else have we to go on??????? We don't all have the luxury of viewing daughters of bulls or even seeing the bulls family. Yes you can look at bloodlines but we all need a little more help than this. Should we be pushing the powers that be to make changes to the type merit system?
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20/8/2003, 8:58
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Bob
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Re: Type merit Vs Lifespan
I agree the system isn't perfect - far from it.
On the other hand we all surely have to admit that generally the classification and type merit scheme does identify the better type sires and ranks them accordingly. I think what we are talking about are the odd exceptions which buck the trend.
Some bulls do sire daughters which develop later in life and his sons are discriminated against because of this.
Rudolph is a good example,
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20/8/2003, 10:03
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