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16 • HEREFORD AMERICA January 2005
Byron’s Editorial...
graduate of Oklahoma State and a friend flooding the areas. Billy took us to lunch
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of the late Wayne Haygood, who went to at the famous Henco Furniture House,
OSU at the same time. Billy runs a owned by Tom Hendrix, who we were
half century. Pauline held on to me most registered Angus herd as well as a fortunate to meet. This firm is reputed to
of the way but our pilot maneuvered his registered polled Hereford herd and sell nearly one million dollars worth of
way through the band of T-storms several calls while we were there indicated furniture a month. The store is acres big
extremely well. When we arrived in that his bull business was active. Billy is and has a beautiful selection that would
Memphis I went up to the Captain and building his good polled herd, as well as make anyone interested. A wonderful, full
told him, “As a pilot of 50 years I really his Angus herd, on genetics that are rich day trip and we arrived back at Kathy and
appreciated the way your crew handled in carcass characteristics. Kathy drove us Randy’s after dark.
the difficult weather and turbulence.” He from Oxford to Selmer, and what a Remi Monforton, an ex Hereford
put his hand out to shake my hand and beautiful country drive that is, for us breeder, and I attended the Largent sale
said, “I really appreciate that coming from mountain natives, to view. Billy lives in at Kaycee, WY. Largent’s are one of the
you” and both pilots gave us a big smile.” an area that was an important location for few herds in the U.S. that are still active
Nice young men doing a difficult job, one of the Civil War battles and only a in the business after 102 years. The sixth
don’t forget your crew when they get few miles from Shiloh National Park. I generation of the Largent family was in
you to your destination after a rough trip. could not believe the water everywhere attendance at the sale. I missed Dave, who
Kathy offered to drive us to TN to visit we went. It has been raining heavily in passed away last year, and it seemed like
Billy Ashe of Ashwood Farms near the south all fall and I believe these people a big gap at the sale without him. Freda,
Selmer, TN. Billy is the current President can get more rain in a day that we get in who now lives in NM, was not able to be
of the TN Polled Hereford Assn and a very MT in a couple of months. Near a lot of at the sale either so we missed this
learned person in the cattle industry. A the highways were actually lakes of water gracious lady too. Largent’s have been
HAVRE KING DOMINO 38G
5/4/99 • Reg. # P41120199
DES MISS KD LADY B207
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AF KING MIXER 402
EPDs: BW -0.8; WW +23; YW +32; Milk +4; M&G +16
HAVRE KING DOMINO 1
HAVRE KING DOMINO 38G DES HL1 LADY KD23
HAVRE KING DOMINO 71J
HL 1K DOMINO 24
2/25/04 DES MISS KD LADY B207 DES HL1 LADY KD23
L1 DOMINO 93415 L1 DOMINO 910402
EEH DORANNA 40
L1 DOMINETTE 910167
EEH DORANNA 50 EEH LAMPLIGHTER 11
EEH DORANNA 33
phone (402) 687-2301
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HL 1 KING DOM 71183
DES MISS KD LADY B207
KPHR HL1 KING DOM 8
HL 1 LADY K DOM 2
HL 1 RIGHT DOM
HL 1 MISS HD DOM 15
KPHR HL1 KING DOM 8
HL 1 LADY K DOM 2
AF KING MIXER 410
EPDs: BW -2.8; WW +28; YW +46; Milk +5; M&G +19
HAVRE KING DOMINO 1
HAVRE KING DOMINO 38G DES HL1 LADY KD23
HAVRE KING DOMINO 71J
HL 1K DOMINO 24
3/8/04 DES MISS KD LADY B207 DES HL1 LADY KD23
L1 DOMINO 98324 L1 DOMINO 95430
L1 DOMINETTE 00531
L1 DOMINETTE 93426
L1 DOMINETTE 93505 L1 DOMINO 900308
L1 DOMINETTE 870128
1858 County Road 3
Lyons, NE 68038
71J is the result of 51 years of
closed inbreeding within the Havre
King Domino line. He is fully
pigmented and conservatively
marked. To date, all of his calves
have been polled. His calves have
moderate birth weights, good
calving ease, very good conformation,
good thickness and growth.
In the GeneStar Tenderness test he
earned two stars (T1-1; T2-1) and
in the Frontier Beef Systems’
TenderGene DNA test he earned a
score of 3 (GC/GG).
OUR HERD IS LINEBRED FOR FERTILITY, SOUNDNESS AND THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY BEEF.
CED
+3.1
BW
+0.2
WW
+28
YW
+37
Milk
+4
M&G
+18
AF TRIPLE MIX 404
EPDs: BW +1.0; WW +26; YW +37; Milk +9; M&G +22
HAVRE KING DOMINO 1
HAVRE KING DOMINO 38G DES HL1 LADY KD23
HAVRE KING DOMINO 71J
HL 1K DOMINO 24
3/4/04 DES MISS KD LADY B207 DES HL1 LADY KD23
CL 1 DOMINO 230 HH ADVANCE 011Z
NPH HENRIETTA 632
CL 1 DOMINETTE 9042
BBH HENRIETTA S289 BANNER DOMINO 352 N
HENRIETTA 405 M [DOD]
e-mail: alexfarms@surfbest.net
working hard on the carcass
characteristics for several years and the
ranchers are taking notice. 105 bulls
averaged over $2,400 and they all went
to commercial breeders with no big
toppers. This is one ranch location people
don’t come to for the free lunch, they
come for business. This is a cowboy ranch
location, high desert, chilling wind, a
ways from town, and the scenery is
different. This is one of the hardest
working families that I have ever known,
they deserve a good sale.
December brought on our Montana
Hereford Association annual meeting
which is held at the same time and location
as the MT Stockgrowers Association
convention. This year Phil Friend,
President and CEO of Ridgefield Farms,
was invited to speak on the new packing
plant that is being built in Huron, SD, and
which will feature Premium Hereford
Beef. Phil flew in from Huron with several
of his staff and picked up Marc and Jill
Hotchkiss in Buffalo, SD on their way to
Billings. Phil also provided the Premium
Hereford Beef for the banquet that night.
Phil, during his talk, showed pictures of
the progress of the plant and gave the
crowd details of the planning. A very
interested crowd listened intently to the
presentation.
The MT Hereford Assn. paid tribute to
all the Hereford breeders in MT that have
been in the business over 50 years.
Fourteen were honored but I am sure
some were missed as the AHA missed
some very important breeders in their
recognition at the annual meeting this year.
Honored by the MHA this year were
Anchor (Hinderager’s), Bayers, Brooks,
Cooper, Feddes, Fort Keogh, Holden,
Isbell, Landers, Nelson Polled, Schock,
Sidwell, and Story. Those that were
missed should notify Hereford America
so we can mention your firm. We did not
make the list up but we can correct an
oversight. Our ranch was one of those
honored and this makes the 86 th year of
our operation.
It seems like many ranchers are also
good football fans and in all of our area
of the country teams from the cattle
countries have done well. Montana played
for the Division 1AA championship,
Wyoming won their bowl game,
Oklahoma plays for the big championship,
Boise State is undefeated as is Utah, and
both in bowl games, Texas and Texas
A&M, Texas Tech, Texas EP, OK State,
and New Mexico, are all in bowl games.
I am sure the Nebraska fans will look
forward to their return to power. Colorado
is in the big show and our smaller Carroll
College was national champion in their
division. I have missed some of your
favorite teams playing but the point is that
most ranchers like football and follow their
teams. I am one of them, being an old
Grizzly who played way back in the 40’s,
I can relive the dreams.
I hope to see many of you readers in
Denver this January for the big National
Western. So long until then.
— BB