[Jacob-list] out of?

[Neal and Louise Grose]

When I go to registered cattle sales, I think the norm for the pedigree man
is to say "She is out of the great Nancy cow by the  well known George bull!
Who'll give me $5000? $1000? $50?"
 Neal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Melody" <critterland at bendcable.com>
To: "jacoblist" <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] out of?


> I think it is just an inadvertent  mis-use of the terms.  I know many
people
> who say "out of" for either parent, but when you look at it logically, the
> lamb did not come "out of" the ram, but was "sired by" him.  I have heard
> people do the same with horses, cows, and goats, as well.  One of those
> technical tidbits of  grammar.  :-)   I don't think the rules were
changed,
> because I hear an equal amount of people using them as you do.   But then
> maybe we are both way behind??? lol
> Melody at CritterLand
> Redmond OR
>
> Linda wrote:  I'm kinda curious about the terms "out of" and "by".  I
raised
> AQHA registered
> Quarter Horses for a number of years and the term "out of" always referred
> to the
> dam, as in, well, out of - pretty self explanatory.  The term "by"
referred
> to the
> sire as in "sired by."
>
> I see a lot of sheep listed as "out of" the sire.  Is this a sheep thing?
> Or am I
> totally behind the times (quite possible!)
>
>
>
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