The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-04-29
THE PURE BRED
DAIRY SIRE.
How Valuable. Pedigree Plus
lndividua ity.


saying that the sire is half the herd
AS matter of fact. in most cases. he
is OF even greater value" says Thrs.
w. Moscley. Dairy Specialist OF the
Extension Service.
Common Practice
Yet many farmers do not appre.
ciatc the above statement and yr,r
after year are content to use anv gr;l
that VIII make their cows come f"e h
The result of the use of Inferior or
scrub sires Is that the calves are near.
ly always inferior To their dams. a-3
after awhile the farmer complain,
that his stock has run out One
farmer wiO owned a scrub hall brn4
MIN to his cow which had prod.r, cd
146.S pounds of buttcrfat i'm one wear.
and their daughter when she camq
into milk produced only 1868 pounds
or butterfat This heifcr "as hrcs
back TO the scrub bull and heifer
from this mating produced on 997
pounds OF butterfat. Of Al pounds
less than her grandmother At 5nc
per pound for buttcrfat his would
mean III annual loss OF S22 55
An Investment That Paid
Another farmer who had become
discouraged with scrub s.ras decided
TO buy the host he could AFFORD He
mated him with his cows. which were
just ordinary" and the fret SIX hcif
ers pr"bCed an average Of 90 s. pounds
OF butterfat more than their dams
With butterfat at soc per pound this
would mean an increased Yearly in.
~
retained for five years ard in that
time brought in 81 to7OO more then
their dams In other words. through
the use OF a good pure bred sire for
only one year he realized S1.4O7 90
Only Pure Bred Bulls Arc Good Bulls
But YOU can't EXPECT these results
by using a scrub bull The scrub
bull has no Individuality He is the
result OF years OF careless indscrim
mate. haDhazard breeding In his
blood runs the interiority OF many an
tagonistiC breeds. The scrub bull is
mixture and almost without excep
tion the bad far out weighs the good.
The scrub bull chokes instead OF pro-
noting Improvement in the herd
And you cant expect these results
from grade bull no matter il he Is
the son OF a high.producing COW
The grade bull has no lines OF good
blood hack OF him. He is more apt to
transmit the weakness OF his makeup
than his strong points.
But you can expect these results by
using good bull A good bull must
be "A pure bred bull He must be
more l!e must be good pure bred
bull
Use Only 8red-For-Pro suction Sire,
good bull must have back OF him
family OF high producers. because
ne can transmit to his offspring only
what he has received from his anCos.
try His mother must be family OF
high producers. because he can
transmit 10 h!s orsnrins only what
he has received from his ancestry.
HIS mother must bc high producer,
and has sire must come from r high
producing dam. Ills sire must have
sired hiRhproducing daughters. If
his family for two or three generations
back has record OF uniformly high
production. there is little doubt that
he will! be able to transmit that quail.
ity 10 his offspring And such a bull
can earn for the dairyman many time.
his cost
/ But Pedigree Is Not Everything.
Many an animal has a fne pedigree
but is very poor individual This
right dairy sire should be good in
dvidual as we'll as have a good pedi.
gree He should be fairly typical OF
his breed and show Masculinity, Ca
paci:v. Size and Quality
/ The real value OF dairy sire "a
any herd is told when his daughters
freshen Then We are able to tell
whether he is improving the herd. II
his daughters are better producer.
than their dams we're at the same
age, then we are on the right track
sire which does not improve the
herd and whose daughters are not
better than their dams should be sold
at once
If vow caught man running on
with 10000 worth Of your property
would YOU sit baCk in your chair and
let rim do It? We'll then. why be Sc
partial to the scrub or grade bull.
He is rohbins you OF 10000 ever,
time he breeds one OF your cows. II,
is breeding your herd down and not
up.