Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Peck Enrolled In Angus Records Program

Lynn Peck of Emmet has recently been enrolled in the Angus Herd Improvement Records program of the American Angus Association, Richard L. 'Dick' Spader, executive vice president of the national breed registry organization in St. Joseph, Mo., has announced

Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR) is a comprehensive evaluation program used by registered Angus breeders to help them keep records of reproduction and growth rate on individual animals. Each year hundreds of Angus breeders use AHIR records to produce more profitable, efficient Angus seed stock.

By weighing calves at 205 days of age and again at a year of age, breeders not only identify the cattle that grow the fastest and most efficiently, they also identify cows that regularly produce above average calves, and bulls that sire outstanding calves.

The American Angus Association in 1957 was the first beef breed organization to offer its members a production records program. Since that date, the AHIR program has grown to the point that breeders report more than a half million birth, weaning and yearling weights each year. This mountain of information is processed by the association's modern computerized data processing systems.