Post by jamshundred on Sept 26, 2017 15:41:24 GMT
I have seen a couple new owners who have first calfs.. .. using initials as herd identifiers. I wrote this brief article: Go below it and play a game with me.
HERD NAMES
I have been researching Dexters for years, and I recall individual Dexters and their owners by their herd identity. You herd identity is important for both you as a breeder, and your Dexters for history.
In the 1990’s the ADCA registrar began to encourage owners to use abbreviations of their farm names/herd identifiers as a means of meeting the available number of digits in recording software. This created the effect of anonymity for what is now thousands of Dexter cattle and their breeders. The first American herd identifier was the Castlegould herd of Howard Gould of New York, who build a large Castle on his New York estate, later changed to Hempstead House when the Gould estate was sold to the Guggenheim family who took residence in a smaller home on the estate of the same name.
Another early herd was the Clove Brook herd of Mabel Ingalls. You will see Ace of Clove Brook, originally purchased by Shaun Lord of the Chautauqua herd ( and semen collected for genetic preservation) in many modern pedigrees.
If I hear “Peerless”, I immediately recall the Logsden/Moore family and their herd of Dexter cattle and the story of little Nancy who saw her first Dexter cow while visiting the farm of her father’s employer, James Hill of the North herd. Nancy wanted a Dexter of her own, and it took a while before her father could convince his boss to sell him a Dexter, but. . .. eventually Nancy had a Dexter of her own. And then another, and another , and another, until the Peerless herd was the largest herd in the US, and her father had adopted the original herds of the Anheuser Busch family, and the herd Elmendorf herd of Kentucky, and the James Hill herd, and established a lasting Dexter association and registry.
Within the original herd books you will find the herd name, Tak-Sca-Du-Hav, the herd of Otto Jenson who served in the leadership of the Dexter community and had a successful Dexter dairy in New York State. Otto Jensen lived his love of Dexter cattle and shared with them his last breath, his body found in his dairy amongst his cows.
Old Orchard herd was founded by Marcia Reed in the 1970’s and continued until an unfortunate accident a few years ago made dispersal of the herd a necessity. The herd identifier, Old Orchard graces the pedigrees of hundreds and hundreds of Dexters.
The Shome herd, aptly named was established at the beginning of the 1970’s, a symbol of the Missouri location where the Dexters roamed. Shome herd is still producing Dexters.
Talisman herd was the herd of John and Belle Hays of California and both served the breed in various helpful ways, as did the P-Bar herd of the Piehota family whose herd was originally established in Pennsylvania before migrating west to Oklahoma.
Your herd name is your Dexter history stamp. Please consider it thoughtfully. Please don’t use initials. Unless your herd grows large and you are a breeder for many years, no one will remember your herd or your breeding efforts. Initials are easily and sometimes confusingly forgettable.
HERD NAMES
I have been researching Dexters for years, and I recall individual Dexters and their owners by their herd identity. You herd identity is important for both you as a breeder, and your Dexters for history.
In the 1990’s the ADCA registrar began to encourage owners to use abbreviations of their farm names/herd identifiers as a means of meeting the available number of digits in recording software. This created the effect of anonymity for what is now thousands of Dexter cattle and their breeders. The first American herd identifier was the Castlegould herd of Howard Gould of New York, who build a large Castle on his New York estate, later changed to Hempstead House when the Gould estate was sold to the Guggenheim family who took residence in a smaller home on the estate of the same name.
Another early herd was the Clove Brook herd of Mabel Ingalls. You will see Ace of Clove Brook, originally purchased by Shaun Lord of the Chautauqua herd ( and semen collected for genetic preservation) in many modern pedigrees.
If I hear “Peerless”, I immediately recall the Logsden/Moore family and their herd of Dexter cattle and the story of little Nancy who saw her first Dexter cow while visiting the farm of her father’s employer, James Hill of the North herd. Nancy wanted a Dexter of her own, and it took a while before her father could convince his boss to sell him a Dexter, but. . .. eventually Nancy had a Dexter of her own. And then another, and another , and another, until the Peerless herd was the largest herd in the US, and her father had adopted the original herds of the Anheuser Busch family, and the herd Elmendorf herd of Kentucky, and the James Hill herd, and established a lasting Dexter association and registry.
Within the original herd books you will find the herd name, Tak-Sca-Du-Hav, the herd of Otto Jenson who served in the leadership of the Dexter community and had a successful Dexter dairy in New York State. Otto Jensen lived his love of Dexter cattle and shared with them his last breath, his body found in his dairy amongst his cows.
Old Orchard herd was founded by Marcia Reed in the 1970’s and continued until an unfortunate accident a few years ago made dispersal of the herd a necessity. The herd identifier, Old Orchard graces the pedigrees of hundreds and hundreds of Dexters.
The Shome herd, aptly named was established at the beginning of the 1970’s, a symbol of the Missouri location where the Dexters roamed. Shome herd is still producing Dexters.
Talisman herd was the herd of John and Belle Hays of California and both served the breed in various helpful ways, as did the P-Bar herd of the Piehota family whose herd was originally established in Pennsylvania before migrating west to Oklahoma.
Your herd name is your Dexter history stamp. Please consider it thoughtfully. Please don’t use initials. Unless your herd grows large and you are a breeder for many years, no one will remember your herd or your breeding efforts. Initials are easily and sometimes confusingly forgettable.
BEFORE I START...........PLEASE! ! ! ! IF YOU ARE IN LEADERSHIP! Please tell your registrars to discourage this practice they began or continue. It is disrespectful to the breed and it's breeders and the American herd to turn it into an anonymous pack of initials.
OK. No lookups. See how long you have to think on it. When you see the herd name. . . . see if you can recall anything of the herd or it's owner. Some of you have been around long enough that you should recognize many of these.
Thomas'
LRR
O'Briar Hill
RHF
DGSF
Glenn Land
SMD
Mornstar
CJS
OBH
Legend
SGF
Cascade
SKF
Bar None
CHW
Whittington
KDF
Wieringa
OTF
Shamrock
D2 Farms
Rhema
Wakarusa
Shome
Chaney
Kirkhaven
YRF
Ya Reckon I added the last two for comment. Frank and Ginny Miles use to advertise with their farm name - - -Ya Reckon. They register YRF. Which one do you think would gain more recognition for the herd?
You might see RFF in a lot of pedigrees. Gary Williams was an early red breeder. I wonder if anyone recognized that herd identifier? If his animals were named Red Field or even Redfield. . . . do you think it would have been more memorable?
I see the herd "names" and I immediately identify with the area where that herd is bred, usually know the owner's name, ( and can often see a mental pic). I see the initials, and only in the owners very well known to me can I recall anything . . . . . and even those known to me it takes a bit to ponder the first letter, than the second. . . . . . In the names you recognize. .. . why do you think you recognized them? How many initials did you get before looking them up?
Why am I bringing this up again? Please tell new owners that you sell to how important the herd identifier is. If you see a newbie with their first calf. . . . . copy this and send it to them. . . or link it to them.
PS. I don’t mean for you to make public guesses. Just play along and you might have a couple questions to ask. Or comments