The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-04-03
THE PURE BRED
DAIRY SIRE.
How Valuable. Pedigree Plus
Individually.

Clemson College.-"It is common
Gaying that the sire is half the herd
As a matter of fact, in most cases, he
is OF even greater value" says Thos.
". Moseley, Dairy Specialist OF the
Extension Service.
A Common Practice.
Yet many farmers do not appre-
efate the above statement and year
after year are content 70 use any DULL
chat will make their cows come fresh.
The result of the use of inferior or
scrub sires is that the calves are near
N always inferior to their dams, and
after awhile the farmer complains
ahat his stock has run out" One
farmer who owned a scrub bull bred
him to his COW, which had produced
l4e.S pounds of butterfat in one year,
and their daughter when she came
into milk produced only 1858 pounds
81 butterfat. This heifer was bred
back to the scrub bull and heifer
from this mating produced only 99.7
pounds of butterfat, Of AL pounds
less than her grandmother. At SOC.
per pound for butterfat this would
mean an annual loss Of s23,55.
An Investment That Paid.
Another farmer who had become
discouraged with scrub sires decided
to buy the best he could afford. He
mated him with his cows, which were
just Ordinary" and the first six heif'
ers produced an average of 9S.S pounds
OF butterfat more than their dams.
With butterfat at soc per pound this
would mean an increased yearly in.
come of s2S140. These heifers vera
retained for five years and in that
time brought in s1,407.00 more than
their dams. In other words, through
the use of a good pure-bred sire for
only one year he realized s1,407.00.
Only Pure-Bred Bulls Are GooI Bulls.
But you can't expect these results
by using scrub bull. The scrub
bull has no individuality. He is the
result of years of careless, indiscrim'
anate, haphazard breeding. In his
blood runs the inferiority of many an
agonistic breeds. The scrub bull is
q mixture and almost without excep
xion the bad far out weighs the good.
The scrub bull chokes instead Of pro-
moting improvement in the herd.
And you can't expect these results
from a grade bull, no matter if he is
Che son of a high-producing COW.
The grade bull has no lines Of good
blood back of him. He is more apt to
transmit the weakness Of his makeup
than his strong points.
y But you can expect these results by
using a good bull. A good bull must
be a pure-bred bull. He must be
more. He must be a good pure'bred
bull.
Use Only INSTRUMENTATION Sires.
A good bull must have back Of him
q family of high producers, because
he can transmit to his offspring only
what he has received from his ances-
try. His mother must be family Of
high producers, because he can
transmit to his offspring only what
she has received from his ancestry.
His mother must be a high producer,
end his sire must come from high
producing dam. His sire must have
sired high-producing daughters, II
his family for two or three generations
back has a record of uniformly high
production, there is little doubt that
he will be able to transmit that quail.
dty to his offspring. And such q bull
lean earn for the dairyman many times
his cost.
But Pedigree Is Not Everything.
Many an animal has a fine pedigree
but is a very poor individual. The
eight dairy sire should be good in
dividual as well as have good pedi,
gree. He should be fairly typical Of