Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-25
Bure-Breed Bulls Profitable in
 Stock Raising


 Little Rock. Jan. 24.-"Are pure bred bulls profita ?" is a ques- tion which will, no doubt, seem quite absurd 10 the progressive Arkansas stockmen. Increased profits that have been realized through grading up native cows with purebred bulls and made extra bank deposits pos sible does not make it an absurd question--to the man who knows, says L. l. Case, beef cattle special ist with the Agricultural Extension Division.
 Bankers and business men of Ar kansas and every other state in the union are advocating the use of purebred sires. An Oregon bank has adopted the slogan, Better bulls, rams and boars mean bigger bank balances" There is reason why business organizations and indvid- ual business men try to induce farm CTS and stockmen to use purebred sires. Bankers and business men re- alize that livestock improvement means larger returns. If the stock man makes larger profits, his de- posits in the bank and purchases of the merchants are correspondingly larger. Cattle loan companies also loan nearer full value on good cat tie than they will on scrubs. There is no sentiment in that policy, either.
 There is no possible reason why farmers and stockmen should waste their time and tie up and jeojard- ize their capital in the purchase and feeding of inferior stock" says the editor of leading beef cattle paper who gives on example which illus trates very forcibly the value of the | use of good bulls. 1.-Two shipments of steers which recently arrived in one of the large central markets are facts. One lot of good steers weighed, on an average, 1,1s6 pounds and sold at $15.30 a hundredweight, their dressing percentage averaging l61 percent. These steers carried j6 34 percent of inside fat while l their cost per pound, dressed and ! ready for sale to the consumer, was 22 1-2 cents. The medium lot of l steers averaged in weight 963 pounds and sold at $13.30. These cattle dressed 54 percent, carried 1 percent of inside fat, and cost 22 cents pound when dressed and ready for consumption. Subsequent ly the meat from the good steers sold for one cent pound more than that from the medium steers, | which resulted in an increased prof it to the butcher of approximately half cent pound, despite the fact | that the good steers cost originally 2 cents pound more than the me- dium steers. Furthermore, the in | side fat was worth considerably more in the good steers than it was in their lower quality mates. The we'll bred lot of cattle sold for an average of $1S1.46 piece, while the poorer steers brought only S128.0S each, a difference of $5S.38
 T head in favor of the better bred cattle"
 q have noticed that many men who would like to have pure bred bull stand back because of the price of purebred animals" says MT. Case. But it is not pecessary for q man with only a few cows to buy q bull independently. A group of five
 or six farmers should put their money together and buy a good
 bull. He can be kept in centrally located place within the reach of ldlI IHe oWHcIS' h puii SdH pc uSSo lin community for three seasons without inbreeding. During that time if he is properly taken care of
 he can easily sire 100 hefers. If
 he increases the value of the
 calves $500 per head over those of a scrub sire. he is worth $500O0. | If the increase in the value of calves is $10.00 per head, he is worth S1 ,OOO O.O0-and good beef type bull will do that and more too. But | good registered bulls fit for grading up purposes do not cost $1000.00 or S5OO0O. There is no better invest ment than a purebred bull to use on
 our native cows"
 | The coming sales of purebreds of the leading beef breeds vii furnish
 opportunities to those interested in securing bulls and breeding cattle l of the Hereford. Shorthorn and An ! gus breeds. A number of animals will be sold in connection with the Annual Livestock Growers meeting | in Little Rock, Feb. 252627. At
 Ioneseboro on April 1, sale of Hereford cattle will interest every one who prefer that breed. All of the cattle to be sold in Little Rock | have been inspected and passed upon by the beef cattle specialist whose approval is required by the associa- : ton before animals can be offered | for sale in connection with the asso- citation meeting. The individuals to be sold at Joncsboro have been sccn
 by Mir. Case and hc also recommends
 that sale to prospective purchasers.