The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-10
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pure breeds, whether they be of the beef or dairy variety or combination of the 1 two.
 But in this article I am going to limit myself to just one type of dairy cattle, the Jerseys. for Bob Bell writes from Stafford: ''On June 14. at the fairgrounds in Birmingham. we will have a sale com posed of forty animals that are top notchers."
 The sale which will be conducted by him will be held at noon, after the meet ing of the Alabama Jersey Cattle Club is over and lunch has been served. The cattle listed were chosen by him after wide swing round among the noted breed CTS. They are the tops of all the herds in the state
 l I am glad the Alabama Jersey Cattle Club is taking on new life, for it takes a live organization to push any special | type, and some of the other varieties have had much publicity through those pro noting them. This Is a day of cooper alton and advertising. Go to work and develop strain, then let the people know about 1t, and success will follow. |
 1 I am sorry that I am not acquainted with more Jersey breeders in Alabama. wish had had the opportunity of vis- iting them all before this sale. The ones | know about personally are limited to those owned by the Bon Aire, The Lib- erty and the Dallas farms my authori- ties and guides being Bob Bell, John Dun- away and Hugh Praytor, each one of the trio being an expert.
 l The sale on the 24th at Bon Aire farm | set a new record for the south, as the fifty head brought more than s40,000. Some sales have averaged a higher price, but in them were a larger number of offer ngs, and some extra high-priced stuff l from all parts of the country. c. E, | Shuptrine Is to be congratulated on his faith in pure-bred stock which he backed with his money, and Bob Bell deserves credit for his handling of them. l For several years I have been going down to Orrville to be with my friend, John Dunaway, who is one of the pio- neers in breeding high-class Jerseys, hav- ing imported some famous bulls and cows from the island over sea where they have for such a long time been bred to per- lection. While John Is fine judge of Jerseys, and has had much success with them, he does not limit himself to dairy cattle alone, but goes in for "white-face" ones.
 1 But for this article I want to intro duce two of my young friends who have started in to build up herd that will re- fleet credit on the state. They operate under the name of the Liberty Jersey Farms, the owners being Hugh Praytor and Robert Jemison, IT,, and the plant located just above Trussvlle, less than an hours ride from the heart of Birning- ham.
 Bob and Hugh attended the sale of line bred Raleigh Jerseys at Allendale Farms from the herds of Allen Dale Farm. Shelbyvi1e, Ky, and the Knolwood Farms, East Norwich, Lond Isand, N. ~S~"- Eighty-three head were sold for s59,93o being an average price of $75S Our en- terprising young cattlemen bought two bulls and one COW.
 This brings their holdings up to fifty, which gives Jefferson county the distinc- ton of having one of the largest and test-bred herds of Jerseys in the south headed by three line-bred Raleigh sires They also purchased Premier's Sultan's Daisy, No 420159, sired by imported Com bination's Premier, 15o715, winner or many prizes, owned by T. s. Cooper x Sons, Coopersburg, Pa. This heifer sold as yearling in the Lindengrove sale Of 1919 for s700. The above purchases repre- sent an investment of several thousand dollars, Lady's Fontaine Raleigh having been held and quoted by its owner at S. 900 several months before the sale at Allen Dale Farms.
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 Other purchases of -line-bred Raleighs were made at the Allen Dale sale by the Orrville Stock Farms q. H. Dunaway) of Dallas county, Alabama, and by c. E.. Shuptrine of the Bon Aire Stock Farms, Safford Ala Purchases were also made by representative breeders from Missis- lsippi North Carolina, Georgia and other southern states, which indicates the in :. terest which is being taken in the breed- ing of Jerseys In the south, and particu- larly in Alabama.
 As proved by the National Chambion Show of 1919, where line-bred Raleighs took the major part of the premiums line-bred Raleighs are today the most popular of the Jersey breed.
 Alabama and Jefferson county are for tunate in having the herd headed by the above representative line-bred Raleighs. which means that Alabama and Jefferson county will take first place in tbe front rank of Raleigh bred Jerseys in the United States
 It occurred to me that the public would be interested in the above information, and I give it as means of stimulating
 the interest i'm the breeding of Jerseys.
 which is. in my opinion. most impor- tant and constructive factor in the devei- or ment of the agricultural interests of the state. and the ost~effective method
 of reducing the high cost of living, as well as improving the quality of milk