Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-03-01
nlon BRED SCRUBS.


We hear complaint about the loo
pricc- al which purc-br-d cattle are
sold. aud farmer. ate condemned for
their had iudgin.nt or lack Of Judgment
In not purchasing and breeding from
some ot the leading improved brceis.
Did Il ever occur To br,c,lcrs that they
do not weed out thcir heri. az they
shoald but continue 10 register aud
br-e,i from everything dropp~i, r,g,ri-
les. ~ merit. thus brvciing right along
on the scrubleyel. turning cat high-brsl
scrubst \ large proportion ot these
animals arv M better than the worst
| scrubs, while som- of the trst scrubs
| equal 90 closely approNimate the t"st
/ pary~hrc,is. for f-.,iing parposes-tccf
msking-ths sctuhs arv often the most
I profitable, adding more pounds "f
groSth tor the food given than the pure
/ brve,is do.
Attending the .ale. aud noting how
/ low pure-brcd cattle sold-sli hciug
rated az what there ~as In them for bs,f
purposes-snd after many years fcssiing
aud experimenting With all grade. IL
catilc. rrof. !. ". >anborn DECLARE. that
large percentage 20 pure-brrd cattle
sre superior only In form, and arr In
terior ior meat production az compared
With cummon cattle. lie jolns With the
farmers. sni .ays they .rv not fools. nor
so tar ogt % the Nay In their Judgment
a. to IN. rial practicsl value II M" pure
hre.,ls. The error has bsvn brgrly on
the side 81 the br,.dsrs, sni IN" g"od
time for which they are hoping viii
never come until Co or ~ Ter cent ot the
females nov rVouied arr swept on from
~. herd books aud oui 10 the hfc.ding
lisis 9TH heavier Per crni. ot halls.
A. Justification within his osu rN-
Isfienc- Toe his Judgment, aside from
his ctitiCal observation. Pruf. >tnhofu
.ays "ln New Hampshire | tel the
very highest class ot high-grade short
horns aud loscT ,lass of animals. In
Missouri fed al classes, from the poor
c.t o. the very bet, having purch,s'yi
native cattle from the No.'is ot >raih
Missouri Al these animals, Including
the scrubs. VET, i~d With and the s-me
a.a Cyriain clss ~ parv-hrc,i cattle.
Daring the past u inter iri tSeuty-hNe
head uf ths common cattle of Utah, eat
10 that during the summer -cramhl"'i
uN~T ths tuuuntNiu -bis- that rear Them
sslyc. some G.OGl fe,t above our valley
aud i-d on b.. dry AMI more or lr-s
psrrh~,l siles, covered With Ncc'ls,
bushes, aud common native grssscs.
The.e deyclop-i hne feeding qualities,
the records shosing groNth I-r pound
20 fo,si ,sten - high a. any thtt have
found in prv,ious rccords, even Though
tho, Nerc subjected to unacyustomcd
confinement Ia stalls"
Eshlrntly the hfcsslsrs must inaus-
uuts some sort of rriorm il their
mode 81 rpgistraiion aud practice ~
brrc,iing something Ike the Improve
mcnt made hN the sdVanc,Sl registry ~
the llol.iein-f frieslau association -tui
mu.t apply to fv~,liug gualitics sud
meat pr,siuytiou, ~ Nell a. Ia milS.
ch~css snj batter production. fruir-s-
or >auhoru ssys II trust that the tim"
will cume whsn The male. thtt arr u.s,i
Ia the herd ~ill D. tested for fevling
quality to asgtrtain the mlulmgm
amount 20 foci requir,-i for pnund ~
gruwth" Prom the evidence 10 year,
of study and fes~ilng trials, b. declsrvs,
Il am CouNincsd that the aNeraNr pur,'-
hrr,l steer will show M morr gto~th
for q pouud 20 fa-,i than rrcciNei from
the native stock oi Utah"
II !. not high hrc~iiug that h. con-
tsnds sgiin.i, bat the hck 20 II. lie
want. hsiisr selection, more careful
cuupling AMI siill higher hrr,,iing. -for
this rvssnn. b. make var on the prsc-
ticv 20 hr-,,iing right Aioug, ga on.
dad lrVel. frum any and every kind ~
animal that nav vsuli. l. therr not
cunmon sense In his position Mirror
aud Farmer.