Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-07
REGISTERED STOCK
WILL AID PROFITS
Expert With Live Stock Ex-
position Shows Pure.
bred's Advantages.
CLIMATE NO LONGER BAR
Blooded Cattle Thrive in This
Country; Made Ready for
the Market Quicker.

Greater financial gains. increased
eitlclency on the ranch. a more thoro
| knowledge OF live stock in general
ana 'he satisfaction of knowing that
one recognized as leader in his
| CHOSEN line of work are all the re
suit of proper selection and breeding
| OF registered cattle, according TO s Il.
jackson, manager of the Mid-Conti-
nent Live Stock exposition. which
! VIII mold its first annual cattle and
morse show at the old fairgrounds on
May lt, II, is and 1g.
! Ihe files and records kept by Man
! ager Jackson Of the registered cattle
! imported To this state and the re-
suits they have produced by being
/ mixed with the herds of grade stock.
are nut answers to the personally
asked question, why not breed reg
| istercd cattle?"
According TO this authority there
Is not cattle raiser in oklahoma, or
! In any other state for that matter.
who has not by his efforts to breed
registered cattle benefited himself,
the herd he maintained and the COM
munity in which he lived.
Bring Better Prices.
Cattle, according to Mr.. Jackson,
| are no longer produced to withstand
! trying climatic conditions and all
standards of market grading on a
| basis OF registered cattle. Cattle not
up to these standards therefore will
not bring the prices paid for true
| breeds, and true breeds come only
thru the breeding of registered stock.
when II is considered that the
use of pure-bred sires has raised the
standard of merit wherever 1t has
been Introduced, IL seems rather in
consistent that registered stock are
not more generally bred and in larger
numbers If all of the registered
animals of the short horn breed. this
being the strongest bovine breed in
point of numbers in America and
admittedly the best adapted to farm
conditions in all parts of the coun-
try, were placed within "A state of
average size. there would not be
nearly enough animals to stock one
half of the farms within its borders"
Mr.. Jackson declared.
Up Go the Profits.
THAT pure blood is potent and
works improvement, there Is none to
deny, and in view of this a more gem
eral production of registered animals
will not only raise the standard of
merit, but will prove Il profitable un-
dert0king. ] have often heard this
reply from men when appealed to
in public auctions of registered cat
tie to make an investment, oh, | am
not a full-blood man meaning that
they regarded it as a business dis
tinct from the production of unreS-
istered cattle. This prevailing i'm
10 nfn % hpna1IEp a
it. many men have refrainod from
taking advantage of the larger profits
which the breeding of registered cat
tie offers.
"If the average man will make Sc
lections of breeding stock, adherinS
to the type which he holds in ia
vor, he will realize larger profits and
an increased interest In the business
over the breeding and handling OF
grade stock. The keeping of records
involves but little time and Is in no
sense complicated. 1t requires mere
ly making a notation of the birth
date of the calves, credting them to
the proper parentage, giving them
name and sending them for record
in accordance with the simple rules
of the pedigree associations, If the
owner does not wish to sell the male
calves for breeding purposes, they
may be sent to the feed lot. Yet in
seven years out Of ten they will pay
larger profits if sold for breeding
purposes. The prevailing practice
among experienced breeders is to con-
sign the least promising ones to the
feed lot, plan that works for the
improvement of the breed.
Need Good Care.
There Is no longer any doubt as
to the superior merit for practical
purposes of registered stock. Cattle
are no longer grown to be subjected
to trying conditions of endurance.
They are grown to meet the market
requirements and the better they are
fed and cared for the earlier they are
matured, the more certain the profits
for the producer. 1t Is under this
treatment that the registered animal,
the well-bred animal, responds better
than the grade carrying a varying
percentage Of inferior blood. This
isn't a theory. 1t is an established
fact that has been so widely demon
strated that there is no longer any
question as to its reliability
"1f there is a reader of this paper
who clings to grade cattle on the as
sumption that full-blood cattle are
not adapted to his purpose or that
there is something professional In
their production, he will do well to
modify his views to conform to the
accepted experience of the present
day. Comparatively few men will
rely wholly upon the patronage of
breeders of registered cattle to make
their output for breeding purposes.
but a large majority will find 1t
profitable to grow registered or full
blood cattle for market purposes. The
practice will insure increased profits
to any intelligent man who follows
it. 1t requires good judgment. intel
ligent care and liberal feeding, and
what successful stockman can pro-
ceed on any other basis. The sub
iect merits thotful consideration"