Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-05-12
BREEDING DAIRY CATTLE.
A Problem Much More DiRcuIt Than
Reef Growers Have TO Face.

A Problem Much More Difficult Than
Beef Growers Have to Face.
The breeding of beef cattle is a com
parativeIy easy matter. Given the
right ideal the selection of breeding
sires is question of finding the ami
nal that conforms to your IDEAL If
the form fills the eye, if the touch of
the hand confirms the judgment of the
eye, if the pedigree assures right an
cestry, your problem is solved. You
may accept the sire with reasonable
hope that his progeny will resemble
him and advance the work you have in
hand
The problem of the breeder of dairy
cattle is infinitely more difficult than
that, says Breeders Gazette. The
breeder has his ideal Of what should
constitute form and color. He may
easily enough find that. If he rests
there he is lost. The difficulty of find
ing dairy sire that will impress heavy
milking and fat producing qualities up
on his daughters is almost the despair
of the dairyman today. Where have
dairymen gone wrong? Have they re-
lied too much upon form, too much up
on markings, too much upon pedigree
and given too little attention to per-
Torrance of dams and grandams?
The breeder of dairy cattle does well
to consider form, though it may be
doubted if the last truth has been dis
covered concerning what is essential in
form, but he must not forget that dairy
performance is not form, but function,
and it is infinitely easier to bequeath
form than function. While the law Of
function is not well understood, it is
difficult to see why function should not
be a quality transmissible as well as
form, color, temperament. The breed
er of dairy cattle should be man of
much thought, much patience, much
perseverance, much courage. He should
be stern critic and memorable execu-
TONER His problems are most diff
cult, but if successfully solved his re-
ward is proportionally great. He may
become a benefactor to the human
race or he may produce animals that
will in the worst sense be robbers,
bringing ruin to their trusting purchas-
erS
Prizes For NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The worlds fair committee of the
Holstein- Friesian Association of Amer
lea is sending out an address to breed
ers and exhibitors of Holstein-F riesian
cattle relative to an especial effort to-
ward an exceptional display of that
breed at st. Louis next September.
The committee is composed of six
prominent breeders, with w. J. Gillett
of Rosendale, Wis, as chairman.
The address makes the following ref
erence to the worlds fair prizes Of
fered by the Holstein- Friesian associ-
alton:
Public esteem and the merits of the
Holstein- Friesian breed demand that a
most creditable show Of our cattle be
present at this great exposition. Real
izing the Importance of a representa-
tive exhibit of Holstein- Friesians at
ST. Louis, the Holstein- F'riesian Asso-
citation of America has offered special
prizes for exhibits of its cattle, which,
together with the regular prizes Of
fered by the exposition, make a sum
to be competed for in amount never
before offered at any live stock show.
It will be seen from the arrangement
of prizes offered that the large and the
small breeders have an equal chance Of
winning something and that it would
be hardly possible for any herd of ordi-
nary merit to show at st. Louis and
win nothing. Great things are expect
ed of US, and the Holstein-Friesian as
ISOLATION appeals to its breeders with
an urgent request that the display of
our cattle shall far surpass any preyi-
Gus exhibition