The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-25
Scrub Stock Proves Big
Bother to Breeders of
Pure-Bred Animals.
FLOODED CALVES BEST
Comparison Shows Differ
ence Between Product of
Full-Blood and Range.

me conSLFuctlVe breeding OF AMI =
mails BY man goes back to prehistoric
times. Centuries passed before an at
tempt was made to formulate any
principles leading to success in ami :
NAL procreation. Three hundred and
eighty years ago. during the reign of
Henry VIII. an important bill con-
trolling animal breeding was passed In
England. Doubtless that law laid the
foundation Of Britain's greatness as a
livestock producing country.
Trouble From Scrubs.
At the present time an important
issue with range beef producers in
Washington Is the control of range
bulls. William Hislop Of the expert
ment station at Pullman states that
the men who are earnestly cndeavoring
to improve the grade Of their cattle are
constantly worried with scrub bulls be-
longing to other men.
The majority Of states have stallion
laws. but singularly few have bull
laws. although the number Is increas-
ing steadily. The passage of n law
which would prohibit anything except
a pure bred (registercd) bull OF one of
the recognized beef breeds from run
ming loose upon the public domain
would be particularly beneficial to the
industry.
Story in Comparison.
The comparative breeding values OF
the pure-bred and the scrub sire may
be justly tabulated as follows:
The calves of the pure bred sire will
have:
l. Thick. low set type.
2. Easyfeeding qualities.
3. Heavy fleshing tendencies.
4. Uniformity of conformation.
B. Uniformity Of color
6. Early maturity Qualities.
. !. weight of 1000 to LOO pounds
pounds per head at two years old.
s. value of IS to $50 per head Mt
two years old.
The calves of the scrub sire will
have outstanding, slab-sided type.
z. Hard keeping qualities
3. Thin fleshing tendencies
I. Nondcscript conformation.
5. Mixed colors
g. Late maturity.
T. weight of 100 to 1000 pounds
per head at three or more years old.
). value of $40 to $35 per head
at three or more years old.
In addition. the best heifcr calves
by the pure-bred sire can be retained
IN the breeding herd. while practically
none of the hcifcrs by the scrub sire
would be worth retaining at any cost.
Sometimes dairy bred bulls are used
on the range. To show that this Is
not consistent with modern ideas OF
beef production, the following COM
PARSONS are made: As to the dr.
ference between the carcasses OF steers
of various breeds slaughtered Mt the
Michigan experiment station. Davcn-
port writes: Mote the excess OF
rough tallow in Walton "a Holstein
steer) as compared with the others.
Walton was all cow as the saying
goes. and the fat about his kidneys
was astonishing"
The beef breeds place more Of the
fat between the muscle fibers. while
the steers OF dairy breeds deposit more
fat about the kidneys and intestines.
Such storage is best for milk pro-
ducing animals. but is against them
for beefmaking. Fat intermingled with
the lean meat fibers renders such meat
tender. juicy and palatable. Whereas
meant without marbling is tough and
unattractive.
Again 1t can be said that the we'll
finished steer of beef type will cut out
a higher per cent of loin and ribs wal
liable cuts) and less of the plate "a
cheap cut than n dairy steer.
AS regards the difference in quality
of meat between the two types OF
steers, one can only say that the beef
bred steer is unquestiopably better.
In beef production blood tells
whether on the range, in the feed lot,
or on the table.-Daily Produce News.
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