Een mooie koe is een goede koe. Wetenschappers en practici over de Nederlandse rundveefokkerij, 1900-1950

A beautiful cow is a good cow. Dutch scientists and commercial breeders on cattle breeding, 1900-1950 In the agricultural journal De Nieuwe Veldbode of 1941 Dutch scientists, agricultural engineers, commercial cattle breeders and herd-book officials engaged in a prolonged debate about cattle breeding methods. Geneticist Arend Hagedoorn started the debate by accusing commercial breeders of deceiving their buyers. In his view, breeders were merely interested in producing beautiful show bulls that could be sold for high prices, and they ignored the animals’ hereditary potential for milk productio... Mehr ...