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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff .Writer
Traditionally, Virginia’s pastures are dotted with the red of Hereford and the black of Angus, the two most popular breeds among cattlemen in the Commonwealth.
Chris Parrish hasn’t broken completely with that tradition. The calves running around the fields on his family’s Castleton farm are black but they’re the result of an innovative approach to cross breeding—a mix of Angus mothers with a Chianina bull that has produced giant-sized youngsters.
At six and a half months, the calves born in the first part of October stand just ah inch or so shorter than their Angus mothers. Their Chianina heritage has sent them spurting past their smaller field mates, offspring of the Parrish’s Angus bull.??
“I feel real comfortkbfe saying they’ll easily weigh 100 pounds more than my Angus calves,’’ Parrish said. "Even if they bring a few cents less per pound. I’ll still be way ahead of the game."
Chianinas are still relatively rare in the U.S. The huge Italian breed, the largest cattle breed in the world, was introduced into this country in the early 1970’s, according to Parrish.
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