pedigree reads eX94 Durham x VG85 Storm x eX90 Juror
(who completed six lactations) x VG88 Leadman x eX91-2e.
Buttercup has bred exceptionally well for her owners and
breeders Jack and Sue tiffany of tiffany Farms near long
island Sound beach in connecticut. She has bred one eX
and eight VG daughters, as well as two GP daughters by
sires such as Skyfame (eX91- Schilldale Skyfame Butterfly),
Goldwyn, Outside (full sisters to Outbound score VG88,
VG88, GP83),
Freelance and Lee,
SCHILLDALE OUTBOUND
with many of these
family members
august 2009
ranking highly on the Milk +645 kg
uS total Performance
index (equivalent to
Fat +14.4 kg -0.12%
our own Pli for which Protein +12.1 kg -0.11%
Outbound rates at
lifespan +0.4
£108).
at the moment
Pin +£15 Pli +£104
although parent averages would lead one to assume both
all indications are
70% Rel. 78 daughters in 45 herds
may be satisfactory. Furthermore he has a very commendable
that Outbound
0.4 on lifespan, generated by the functional type, coupled
should be worthy of
with a -2 Scc. daughter fertility is below average at -3.9 while
consideration for this type Merit +3.38
his 78 daughters in 45 herds for production have secured him
winter’s breeding lists,
Mammary +3.03
an average calving ease of 10% (uS base).
providing that he is
used on cows that test legs & Feet +2.51
bred from Schilldale Durham Buttercup eX94, who has
recorded four lactations to a maximum in her 4th of
well for milk quality.
80% Rel. 64 daughters in 36 herds
14,465kg at 3.4% fat and 3.3% protein, Outbound’s maternal
We round off this year’s Road test sires with a look at two high type sires that
may breed some of those long living cows that will be featured in years to come.
Sterndale prefix, while there is a VG86 Mr Sam sister, and from Emperor’s profile to be taller than her dam, with
she calved her 4th, a heifer by Sunday Dur Hyman Winston decent body depth, while he will not add chest width of
in July 2009. ironically the family is renowned for its high any consequence (0.34 chest width). daughters should
fat, with Emperor’s five nearest dams all recording lactations stand well up on their toes (2.41 foot angle), while having
well in excess of 4% butterfat over numerous lactations, but plenty of body depth, rump width, and unlike his sire’s
Emperor is currently recording a -0.08% fat score. daughters have a good slope to the rump. the very high
Emperor at this time with 34 daughters in his type proof rear udders will be accompanied by a relatively firm fore
from 25 herds seems to be taking more type attributes udder, defined by a good ligament, with udders carried
from his cow family than his sire, the Storm son Titanic. reasonably high, and another pleasing trait will be this sire
Emperor has some real extremes in his linear, which will be offers a good spread from front to rear teats (1.98).
interpreted differently depending on your own breeding down at the business end of Emperor we are talking about
objectives. they include a stature score of 3.06, therefore a sire with 0.2 lifespan, over 600kg milk, -0.08% butterfat
anticipate Emperor daughters to be taller than average, and -0.07% protein, and are encouraged that Genus abS
rear udder height is also just over 3.0, while legs will are excited of the prospects Emperor has to offer but that
be straighter than desirable at -2.3, a trait which would they recognise the risk of this low reliability sire, and are
recommend his use on animals with sufficient set to their therefore limiting customers at this stage to 20 straws each.
leg. at the time of writing there are 44 of his daughters scored,
in contrast to Outbound, as a uK with 3 VG, 27 GP, 12 Good and 2 Fair, so it
proven sire, Emperor also has far more
STERNDALE EMPEROR
is a case of watch this space to see what the
management information at our disposal Emperor and Erle’s are going to do next on
- temperament and milking speed are
august 2009
the breeding front.
not areas of worry at over 2. locomotion
Milk +629 kg
is a moderate 0.7, while Emperor
daughters appear to be milking hard,
Fat +14.4 kg -0.08%
putting their efforts into production
Protein +14.4 kg -0.07% type Merit +2.57
at the cost of furnishing themselves, as
condition score is -1.27. cell count and
lifespan +0.2 Mammary +2.69
fertility index generate almost negligible
Pin +£21 Pli +£108 legs & Feet +1.14
influences at +1 and -1 respectively.
an Emperor daughter can be expected
82% Rel. 31 daughters in 23 herds 72% Rel. 34 daughters in 25 herds
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