Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-05-14
THE PURE BRED
DAIRY SIRE.
How Valuable. Pedigree Plus
individual 'ity.

AS a 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.
The result Of the use of. inferior or
scrub sires is that the calves are near
ly always inferier 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
1853 pounds of butterfat in one year,
and their daughter when she came
into milk produced only 1868 pounds
Of butterfat This heifer was bred
back to the scrub bull and heifer
from this mating produced only 99.7
pounds of butterfat, of All 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 93.S pounds
of butterfat more than their dams
With butterfat at SOC per pound this
would mean an increased yearly in.
come of s2S1.40. These heifers were
retained for five years and in that
time brought in s1.4O7OO more than
their. dams. In other words, through
the use of a good pure-bred sire for
only zone year he realized S1.40700.
Only Pure-Bred Bulls Are 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. indiscrim'
mate, haphazard breeding. In his
blood runs the inferiority of many an
tagonistic breeds. The scrub bull is
mixture and almost without excep-
ton the bad far out weighs the good.
The scrub bull chokes instead Of pro-
noting improvement in the herd.
And you can't expect these results
from a grade bull. no matter if he is
the 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.
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 good pure-bred
bull
Use Only Bred.For-Production sires.
A good bull must have back Of him
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
he has received from his ancestry.
His mother must be high producer,
and 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 record of uniformly high
production, there is little doubt that
he will be able to transmit that quail
ityj to his offspring. And such bull
can 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
right dairy sire should be good in
dividual as well as have good pedi'
gree. He should be fairly typical OF
his breed and show Mascu!inity. Ca.
pacity. Size and Quality.
The real value Of dairy sire to
any herd is told when his daughters
freshen. Then we are able to tell
whether he is improving the herd. If
his daughters are better producers
than their dams were at the same
age, til we are on the right track.
A sire '5liich does not improve the
herd and whose daughters are not
better than their dams should be sold
at once
If you caught man running off
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
time he breeds one of your COWS. He
is breeding your herd down and not
up.