Reading the September issue article, "The Lowdown On Lowlines" (page 26), I was reminded of the late, great Fred Johnson, who I met a decade ago as a 20-year-old kid before one of his bull sales in Broken Bow, NE. "What's the most important part of apedigree?" he asked me upon meeting him. I stuttered and stammered trying to come up with an answer to impress the man, only to confess in the end that I didn't know. "It's the name at the top," Fred said, "because if you can't trust that, you can't trust a darn number that's printed after it. Always remember, son, figures can lie and liars can figure, so know your facts."
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