\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I do enjoy listening to younger judges and their terminology.\u00a0 I don’t understand it all but I get the use of new verbiage.\u00a0 Call me a crusty, old fart and I will not argue.\u00a0 But sometimes, it just seems like we are reinventing the wheel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Runs Uphill.\u00a0 First heard it in hogs a few years ago.\u00a0 Now, I’m hearing it in other species.\u00a0 Basically, this means that they are on the verge of being too straight in their shoulder set yet they have a cool, cocky head and neck set.\u00a0 I get it but dang neart every time I hear one described as “running uphill”, they usually aren’t sound enough.\u00a0 Well, except for those couple of elite ones that still stay flexible.\u00a0 And that is what we do in the livestock industry.\u00a0 We are all unicorn hunters, just looking for that magical, mythical beast that really doesn’t exist.\u00a0 Yet, if we get close, we make up a term to cover that deficiency.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 Here’s another hog term.\u00a0 \u00a0“Tail Root”.\u00a0 \u00a0What?\u00a0 Who gives a rat’s ass about the circumference of a pig’s tail attachment.\u00a0 Tail root?\u00a0 My goodness.\u00a0 Sure!\u00a0 \u00a0Maybe the size of a pig’s tail corresponds to the circumference of bone.\u00a0 BUT……let’s think about this.\u00a0 There is a place in the meat industry for almost every part of a pig.\u00a0 Ears as dog chew toys.\u00a0 Jowls–pickled or smoked.\u00a0 It is common to see a jar of pickled pig’s feet in a grocery store.\u00a0 Yet……yet….no one has seen a jar of pickled pig tails.\u00a0 Or smoked hog tails.\u00a0 I’ve seen beef oxtail offered but not often.\u00a0 Tail root?\u00a0 \u00a0Oh goodness.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 However, tonight, as I was soaking in the tub of a remodeled bathroom and reading a cattle sale offering, I read this description “….and has a massive tail, if you’re a believer of the power in that quality.”\u00a0 \u00a0That sounds to me like that long-time cattle breeder is not a believer either.\u00a0 Just going to throw out the newest terminology to the next generation.\u00a0 Marketing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In all species of livestock, we are at a crossroads.\u00a0 Judges are selecting wide chested, big ribbed, stout skulled, massive boned creatures packed with meat.\u00a0 All of these things are indicators of birthing problems and slow growth.\u00a0 Cut em out.\u00a0 Save them.\u00a0 Grow them out and then sell them as breeding animals.\u00a0 It is a never-ending circle of life that gets none of us anywhere fast.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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