UNUSUAL COLOR INHERITANCE 



COAT COLOR OF CROSS-BRED STEER, QUOMAN'S PERFECTION, 



NOT THAT ORDINARILY ENCOUNTERED IN THE 



ANGUS-HEREFORD CROSS 



George S. Templeton 

 A. and M. College, College Station, Texas 



A RED ANGUS-HEREFORD BULL 



Figure 16. Normally the first generation of the Angus-Hereford cross has the black 

 body-color of the Angus and the white face of the Hereford. However, Quoman's Perfec- 

 tion is an exception, being red instead of black. Two other typical Angus characteristics 

 appeared, the polled head and barrel-like body. Evidently his sire carried the red color 

 factor as a recessive character, although this had not been indicated by thirty-nine other 

 matings. 



THE cross-bred steer, Quoman's 

 Perfection, bred, fed, and ex- 

 hibited by the Animal Husban- 

 dry Department of the A. and M. Col- 

 lege of Texas, attracted quite a little 

 attention at the recent American Royal 

 and at the International Live Stock 

 Show, not only on account of the 

 premiums won, but because of his un- 

 usual coat color. 



Ouoman's Perfection won first in the 



senior Angus steer calf class, was re- 

 serve champion Angus steer, and a 

 member of the first prize Angus herd 

 of three steers at the American Royal. 

 Two weeks later at the International, 

 in a strong class of forty-five entries 

 of grade and cross-bred steers. Quo- 

 man's Perfection stood second to the 

 sensational California steer calf, and he 

 was first prize grade Angus steer calf. 

 The sire of Ouoman's Perfection is 



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