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NETHERLAND GRACE (EX-93) |
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PUGET SOUND NETHERLAND GRACE
Excellent – 93
LT: 217,547 3.5%F In early 1957, with a few dollars in
their pockets (admittedly very few), and after 4 years in the business,
feeling somewhat knowledgeable about registered Holsteins, John and Glen
Tenneson were off to the Waltner Bros.’ “Puget Sound Holsteins” herd in
nearby Mount Vernon, Washington. They had previously purchased the
breeding bull, PUGET SOUND PRINCE, from Waltners, and now they wanted to
purchase their first real foundation female from this without-peer
breeding herd which was deep in early-Carnation – Colony – and Frasea
blood.
John and Glen
told Charlie Waltner that they’d like to buy a good bred heifer, so off
to the heifer lots they went. The Tenneson boys picked out a nice black
heifer and told Charlie, “That’s the one we want.” Charlie’s reply shocked them,… and
certainly brought them back down to earth with a “thud”!! He said, “You
boys can’t afford that heifer”…!! He didn’t even price her! He then
commented that the big, black unfreshened 3-year-old over in the corner
would be more in their price range. That big, black unfreshened
3-year-old was “GRACE”. Charlie priced her at $475, and so the Tenneson
Bros. decided that she would have to do! She was BIG … the trucker who
delivered her estimated her in the 1800 lb. range. She was WIDE,…
STRONG,… a bit rough in the rump, and a bit gangly on her legs. But the
rest of this tale indeed turns out to be a “Cinderella Story”!! |
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| (On a side note, … the big black heifer that the Tenneson Bros. had originally
liked so well … the one out of their price range?!! She was never heard
from again!!) |
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| Today, every single animal in the
Skagvale herd traces back to old GRACE at least once!! It goes without
saying that she is the single most influential cow in the Skagvale
breeding program,… and her influence on this herd has been absolutely
AWESOME!!! While PUGET SOUND NETHERLAND GRACE (EX-93) was the dam of
many outstanding progeny, two in turn had a profound influence at Skagvale, namely SKAGVALE CHARMING DYNAMIC (the sire of Skagvale
Graceful Hattie, through whom the HATTIE family flows), and SKAGVALE
NETHERLAND GAY, the second generation of “Excellent” cows in the GAY
family tree. |
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2nd Generation Excellent 
SKAGVALE NETHERLAND GAY
Excellent-90
LT: 198,100 3.8%F 3rd Generation Excellent 
SKAGVALE DELIGHTFUL GAY
Excellent-90
LT: 236,850 4.1%F SKAGVALE NETHERLAND GAY (EX) was, in John’s
memory, the fourth “Excellent” cow bred by the Tenneson Bros.!
Although she didn’t produce many daughters (despite calving 12
times), when mated to SKAGVALE ROYAL MONARCH, she delivered SKAGVALE
DELIGHTFUL GAY (EX). This was a very closely linebred
mating, as Colony Colanthus Perfection blood shows up
four times in her pedigree!! DELIGHTFUL GAY was an exceptional producer,
making over 236,000 pounds of milk in her lifetime with 4.1% Fat! Like
her dam, she calved 12 times, resulting in only 2 heifer calves.
However, the crossing of DELIGHTFUL GAY to Forest Lee Centurion Rocket
(an outcross mating), made SKAGVALE GAY ROCKETTE (EX-93), who is without
doubt a “Queen Brood Cow”!! |
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4th generation Excellent… 
SKAGVALE GAY ROCKETTE
Excellent-93
LT: 218,810 3.6%F
SKAGVALE
GAY ROCKETTE (EX-93) was a huge cow, … the proverbial powerhouse,
being deep, long and wide. She produced 4
“Excellent” daughters and an “Excellent” son, creating the
first real ‘branching’ in the GAY family tree. Three of her four
“Excellent” daughters at Skagvale all had own daughters who passed
along the true GAY type: Skagvale Telstar Gay (EX-92), Skagvale
Maple Gay (EX-95), and Skagvale Tempo Gay 2nd (EX-91). (Her fourth
“Excellent” daughter, Skagvale Lenmary Gay, never had any
daughters.) |
5th generation Excellent… 
SKAGVALE MAPLE GAY
Excellent-95
LT: 156,210 3.8%F
SKAGVALE MAPLE GAY (EX-95), a Citation R Maple
daughter, was Skagvale Farm’s very first homebred 95 point cow! She
was the result of another cross to intense Rag Apple blood, and was
the dam of seven “Excellent” daughters and two “Excellent” sons. Her
11 classified daughters averaged 88.9 points (7 EX, 3 VG, 1 GP)! Of
her 7 “Excellent” daughters, the most well-known is probably SKAGVALE ELIE GAY-ET (EX-93), a Marshfield Elevation Tony daughter. |
6th generation Excellent… 
SKAGVALE ELIE GAY-ET
Excellent-93
LT: 164,460 4.0F 3.4P
“OLD ELIE GAY” (EX-93) was a great big cow
with a tremendous uphill run, a wide chest, a deep powerful body and
a beautiful udder. Her rump was one of those “box car rumps”. (In
fact, a Canadian classifier who saw Elie Gay said that there was no
way in heck that she was a Mars Tony with a rump like that!! Of
course, being an ET calf, she had been blood-typed!) Although Elie
Gay had four “Excellent” daughters and two “Excellent” sons, her
most well-known offspring are SKAGVALE CASSIE ELIE GAY (EX-92) and
SKAGVALE COUNTRY ELIE GAY (EX-95).From Old Elie Gay stems the entire
“Elie Gay” family for which Skagvale is particularly well-known
today. |
7th generation Excellent… 
SKAGVALE CASSIE ELIE GAY 2-ET
Excellent-92
4y 365 2x 24720 4.1 1015 3.4P SKAGVALE CASSIE ELIE GAY
2-ET (EX-92) was the
result of wanting to bring the Cassie Family (intense Frasea –
Colony – early-Carnation) back into the Skagvale herd, as that
family had not produced many heifers themselves. CASSIE ELIE GAY’s
sire, Skagvale Classic Citation*, was a Citation R son … bringing
back in that Rag Apple cross once again. An absolutely fabulous cow,
CASSIE ELIE was unfortunately lost following her 4th calving, just
prior to the “Skagvale Changing of the Guard Sale” in which she was
to be a head-liner. She was considered to be one of Skagvale’s
greatest breeding accomplishments, and her daughter by Skagvale
Emphasis was retained from the Sale to be a key building block for
the future of the Skagvale herd. |
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| * Skagvale Classic Citation (see
above), a Rosafe Citation R son, was out of Skagvale Delightful
Cassie (EX-91 – 1,000F), another daughter of Skagvale Royal Monarch
(as was Skagvale Elie Gay’s 3rd dam, Skagvale Delightful Gay).
Skagvale Delightful Cassie’s dam was Skagvale Charming Cassie (EX-91
– 1,200F), an own daughter of the Skagvale foundation sire, Puget
Sound Prince. Incidently, Prince’s dam and Charming Cassie’s dam
were bred almost identically, both by Governor of Carnation sons
from cows sired by Carnation Governor Imperial, … another Governor
of Carnation son. |
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8th generation Excellent… SKAGVALE EMPHASIS
ELIE GAY-ET
Excellent-94
7y 365 2x 36890 4.9 1817 3.2P
LT: 140,940 3.9F 3.2P That daughter, SKAGVALE EMPHASIS ELIE GAY
(EX-94), has most certainly lived up to her expectations as a
Brood Cow!! Skagvale Emphasis Elie Gay currently has six “Excellent” daughters and one “Excellent”
son, marking her transmitting ability among the elite!”
Three of her offspring are scored over 92 points … and we firmly
believe that there could be another 94 or 95 point cow emerging from
this family!!
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| *Below are photos of six of SKAGVALE EMPHASIS
ELIE GAY’s offspring and one granddaughter. They are expected to carry on the tradition of “Excellent” cows
from the Elie Gay Family!! Semen is available from Skagvale
Confidence at $10/straw. |
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