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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:44 am
by nz dexter
I have the book " My love affair with the Dexter". I have really enjoyed it and think it is a great little book. However I have had difficulty following the pedigrees in the back of the book. I am trying to follow Wm Manikin 2nd. Now in the story Beryl states on pg 42 "I finally retained just Balksbury Rosemary 2nd,and was tremendously lucky in that she left me both Midget 1st and Manikin 1st." Now when I go to the pedigree chart Rosemary 2nd had Midget, Midget then had Manikin 2nd and she had Manikin. I cannot fathom it. But what I am really wanting to know is who is Manikin 2nds mother, was it Midget? Manikin 2nds reg number is higher than manikin yet Manikin appears further down the family tree. I know this is very confusing but maybe someone can enlighten me as it would greatly help my ongoing research about my wee cows pedigrees.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:17 pm
by Kathy Millar
I had a hard time with that format too but otherwise, it was a great little book and I could easliy have read more about that herd and its amazing owner.
Kathy
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 1:50 pm
by groubearfarm
NZ Dexter
My apologies, I have to confess I have no real interest in paper pedigrees. In reading them I can often envisage the animals, but cannot remember every animal I have bred. The pedigree will only tell me that it may have inherited some of any ancestors genes but not which or from whom. The only thing you can be sure of, is that it must have inherited everything from its two parents - half from each, but not which. However, knowing that many readers were likely to be keen, I seized gratefully on Margaret Weir’s offer to do the pedigrees. When she sent them to me for correction, I obviously failed to do her justice.
Manikin F8040 should read M2933. I bred him because I couldn’t get a heifer out of Midget 3rd, and he then promptly produced one to her. I used the names Manikin and Midget as interchangeable, since I try, never to have two animals on the place, at the same time, with the same name.
I am glad you enjoyed the book, and congratulate you if you have an animal that contains a lot of Midget’s genes, since I still prize my present descendent above any, and I don’t think it is only sentiment. Despite the fact that there is no genetic proof at present, I still believe that the dam has the greater influence on the progeny. Beryl Rutherford