Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-21
PURE BRED SIRE FOR EVERY
FARMER IN MARATHON co,

Certainly this is not an unreason-
able slogan nor is it one impossible
of accomplishment; it has every argu-
ment to support it. Better looking
stock at an increase production and
better sale demanded and higher
prices.
Why should any thinking farmer
stand out against it and continue to
produce on his farm calves out of a
grade of scrub bulls when such sue
cessful farmers as A. ]. Plowman of
Elderon; A. F. Creole of Unity; Fred
j. Bandy of the town of Flieth; and
Fred He'll of the town of Fleith and
scores of others of our most success
full farmers can verify the above as
sertion and have done it over and
over again?
In drive through the state it is
invariably a herd of solid grades of
pure breds, either Jersey, Holstein,
Guernsey, Short Horn, or any other
breed that takes the eye and challeng-
| es admiration. Take at farmer auc-
ton or private sale, the grades have
it all over the native or scrub by 10
to 100 per cent advanced over the
scrub cow prices.
During the last three months of
1918, Wisconsin shipped out thousands
of heads of feeding stock some of
them going out of Marathon county,
for dairy and breeding purposes.
Every animal of the lot the offspring
of pure bred sire. AS matter of
fact these of state buyers, a county
agent would suggest to them, to in
clude few "just" COWS in their ship
ment
Convincing reasons as to why every
farmer should use a pure bred sire
can be found On a hundred farms
right in our own county and / chal-
lenge any user of the scrub sire to
locate single farmer that has used
pure bred sire for several genera
tons on his herd that is not in better
shape on the stand point Of milk pro-
duction, increased value of stock and
profits from any source derived from
the live stock business.
A single argument right here should
be sufficient to convince any user of
scrub sire that he is on the wrong
road.
In an Illinois farm management
survey records were taken on three
classes of farms; first, those on which
pure bred sire has been used, Sec
ond those using a grade, and third,
those using scrubs. The reasons as
revealed in net profits are worthy of
careful study.
For those cows did not knot that
they were in Illinois. Net profit per
year: 124 farms using pure bred
sires, S1102; 466 farms using pure
grade sires, 1884; SO farms using pure
scrub sires, loss 1924.
In conclusion it is up to every farm
er in Marathon county to get back of
this movement and give it whole
handed support; first by getting rid
of his own scrub sire if he is now
using one, and get in touch with a
reliable breeder or county agent for
the kind of cattle in which he is in
terested and secure for himself pure
bred sire of his chosen breed to head
his herd; second to report to the bank
er or county agent the names of any
one who has pure bred sire, giving
the name, age and price of the animal;
third by discussing the merits of the
production with his neighbors for u.s.
ing scrubs and inducing him to secure
the pure bred sire; fourth by sug-
costing to the county agent the name
of any farmer that could be interested
in getting a pure bred sire for his
herds that he could make personal
visit to the farmers so interested.
Don't depend upon your neighbor to
do it all get in the game yourself. and
do il now.
A. G. BURG, County Agent