The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-02-24

BEST IS NONE TOO GOOD.
otsekman Cites Number Of Cases
Showing That It Pays to Own
None but Purebred Sires.
II find that a man can not use too
good bull, even on good grade cows.
The best is none too good" This 10
from letter of South Dakota stock
man forwarded by his county agent to
tho specialists Of the United States
department Of agriculture, in charge
of the Better Sires-Better Stock
campaign. The stockman cites num-
Der of instances from his own expert
enee in raising live stock to show that
the profits when a high-class purcbred
heads the herd far exceed those made
when inferior animals are used.
"Three years ago." says this stock
man, my brother and owned bunch
Of good grade cows-just average
range animals. We also had eight
purebred cows and in order to breed
them bought a big purebred bull of
best quality. As we did not have full
use for him we bred the range cows to
him. We shipped some two-year-old
steers and few two-year old heifers
to market on the same train in which
our neighbor shipped his steers. His
animals were about the same as ours
and he had a registered bull, but it
was just good average range type.
Both lots Of cattle were sold on the
same day by the same commission
firm. Our steers netted an average of
3144.80, and the heifers $123.07; our
neighbours steers Melted $88. Our
bull cost much more than his, but we
considered ours the cheaper in the
end"
The writer Of the letter relates an
experience he had while visiting the
Chicago stock yards which again IL
illustrates the value Of good purebred
bulls. He says: "A dealer had sew
eral loads of our native cattle on the
market which he had bought up from
parties I know. There were good
average yearlings and quite lot Of
'twos' in the lot-a fair sample Of our
cattle. In the next pen were two loads
of Wyoming yearlings that looked as
if they were all sired by the same
bull and as likely bunch as you will
often see. The dealers cattle of mixed
ones and 'twos' sold at z cents and
the Wyoming ycarlings sold at II
cents and weighed within a few pounds
of the mixed loads. I do not remem-
Der the weights at this time, but I
figured the price at the time and the
Wyoming man received a premium Of
nearly $28 per head for using good
bull. This would be total Of $1,700,
as figured it at the time, which would
pay for a couple of good bulls and
leave some cash to his credit besides
the fact of having the steers sisters
to use in his breeding herd"
The stockman concludes his letter
with some good advice to all stock
breeders and, while he has particular
reference to his section of the country,
his recommendations deserve careful
consideration by stockmen throughout
the United States. "With the cost of
production high, grass rent high, la
Dor high and scarce, and everything
we use at top-notch price," he says,
I'VE cannot afford to bother raising
a scrub. They will not pay, much less
make living for the owner. After
what we have been through the last
year, dry season and tight money, my
advice to any man is, no matter what
breed of cattle he fancies, when he
buys bull, buy good one and the
best is none too good. Do not buy a
pedigree unless a really good bull is
attached to it. Take plenty Of time
in selecting a bull, and when you find
the one you want, buy him. have
spent the price of several bulls in rail-
road fare and expenses in hunting a
bull that would suit me and when I
found him 1 bought him. I have al
ways succeeded in picking out one that
has given perfect satisfaction"
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