The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-03-26
THE PURE BRED
DAIRY SIRE.
How Valuable. Pedigree Plus
individuality.

Clemson College.-"It is a common
saying that the sire is half the herd
AS matter Of fact. in most cases, he
is of even greater value" says Thos.
w. Moseley. Dairy Specialist of the
Extension Service.
A Common Practice.
Yet many farmers do not appre
ciate the above statement and year
after year are content to use any bull
that will make their COWS come fresh.
Inc result Of the use OF inferior or
scrub sires is that the calves are near
ly always inferior to their dams, and
after awhile the farmer complains
that his stock has run out" One
farmer who owned scrub bull bred
him to his COW. which had produced
l46S pounds Of buttcrfat in one year.
and their daughter when she camo
into milk produced only 1868 pounds
Of buttcrfat. This hcifcr was bred
back to the scrub bull and a heifel
from this mating produced only 997
pcpnds OF butterfat, Of All pounds
less than her grandmother. At soc
per pound for buttcrfat this would
mean an annual loss Of S2355
/N1 investment nat pal0.
Another farmer who had become
discouraged with scrub siros decided
TO buy the best he could afford. Hs
mated him with his COWS. which were
just "ordinary." and the first six haif
ers produced an average Of OBS pounds
Of buttcrfat more than their dams
With hutterfat at SOC pes pound thi.
would mean an increased yearly in
come OF $2S1 40. These heifcrS were
retained for five years and in tha
time brought in S1,407.OO more thar
their dams. In other words. through
tho use OF good purebrc sire fol
only ono year he realized S1.4O7.00.
Only Pure-Rred Bulls Are Good Bulls
But You can't expect these result;
by using a scrub bull. Tho scrut
hull has no individuality. He is tbs
result CT years Cf cHrNloSS mdiScrim
inatr. hapha2ard breeding. In his
blood runs the nfcriority Of many an
tagOnistc breeds. The scrub bull il
mixture and almost without rxrcp
tiOn tho bad far out wcigrs tho good
The scrub bull chnEnS instead Of nro
noting improvement in tho herd
And you cant expect these results
from grade bull. no matter if he i.
tho son Of high hproducing 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.
But yOu can expect ShcSc results by
using good bull 4 good bull must
| be a puro-brcd bull. lie must be
moro. lie must be good pure bred
| bull
Use Only d-For-Pro !uction Sircs.
y good bull must have back Of n q
n family OF high producers. because
he can transmit to his offspring only
what he has received frCm his anccs-
try. His mother must be a family OF
high producers. because he can
transmit TO his offspring only what
he has received from his ancestry.
His mother must hc high producer,
and his sire must como from high
producing dam. His sire mus: have
sired high-pr0ducing 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 uual.
ity to his offspring And such q bull
can earn for the dairyman many times
his cost.
But Pedigree Is Not Everything.
Many an animal has n fine pedigree
but is a very poor individual. The
right dairy Siro should be a good in
dividu"' - ""N ." hHvo good ned.
gree. =" hould - Fn'r'v typical G,
his br""' and show Mrsculinitv. Ca.
Dacity. "''" and Quality.
The r""l wa of y dairy sire n
any hrri - :DiG wNnn his daug,,' r,.e
frcshcN T"nn we arc able to ,~T
wheth"' V" is improving The hrvd =
his d." h'rr4 40 h,ttnr prod. .r,rs
than their dam, Hrr" at tho s"me
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 yon caught a man running of
with $4,000 worth OF your property,
would you sit back in your chair and
let him do it? Well. then, why be SO
partial to the scrub or grade bull?
He is robbing you OF $4,000 every
ting he breeds one OF your cows. He
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