The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-17
PUREBRED CATTLE
BRING RESULTS
673 Farms Included In
Survey For
Comparison

Editors Note-Every Canadian
reader who has not already had Bull
letin 281, Better Bulls" issued by
the Ontario Department of Agricul-
ture, should send for one. Address
Live Stock Department, Toronto,
Canada. Every United States reader
of the following extracts from it
would do we'll to copy it and send it
to the local papers. Every editor
will be glad to do what he can to en-
courage his readers to become more
prosperous and able to have better
homes thru the displacement of in
feriOr sires with good ones.)
That purebred bulls really pay has
been proved not only by farm sur
veys conducted in Ontario, but by a
survey which was made in two
counties in Illinois, in which 673
farms were included. Purebred
bulls we're used on 1874 farms, of
which the average yearly profit Of
each farm was $11O2. On 446 farms,
where grade bulls were used, the
yearly profit was 1874, which means
1858 less than where purebreds were
used-the price of good purebred
bull. Only eighty-three farms put
up with scrubs, and on these the
yearly loss was 1924; so that the
total loss from not using a purebred
bull was 1886 every year.
Actual results and figures are
given in the bulletin to prove the
value of the good purebred bull, in
the production Of both milk and beef.
The following figures demonstrate
what may be done to improve the
milk and fat production of a herd.
Five scrub cows averaged 3660.2 lbs.
Of milk and 171.57 lbs of fat; five
first cross daughters by purebred
bulls averaged 5,99S.7 lbs. of milk
and 261.25 lbs. of fat; five second
cross daughters also by purebred
bulls averaged 8,401.9 lbs. of milk
and 358.17 lbs. Of fat. Analysing
these figures we find that the in
creased production of the daughters
due to purebred sires amounted to
2,337.5 lbs. of milk or ga per cent,
and 1922 lbs. of fat, or 50 per cent;
while the increased production of
the granddaughters over their scrub
grandams, because of purebred sires
and grandsires, amounted to 4,741.7
lbs. Of milk, or 100 per cent, and
1866 lbs Of fat or 100 per cent. In
other words, the production of milk
and fat was more than doubled in two
generations.
There are also figures which prove /,
that beef steer sired by purebred |
beef bull is worth $40 more at six
months Of age than one of the same
age sired bv a scrub, $40 more at |
one year and $35 more at two years.
From the above outstanding figures
is it readily seen that farmer can
not afford to use scrub bull, even
II the service is free. On the other
hand, q farmer with ten cows can
we'll afford to buy a purebred sire,
for the increased value of his crop of |
calves will pay the price of good
bull-and he will still have the bull.
One purebred bull, properly
handled, is sufficient for herd of
fifty cows. The calves from this herd !
will be worth, at year old, $40 more
per head than If they had been from
scrub sire. This means that one
purebred bull will increase the value
of fifty calves by $1,000. In other
words, purebred beef bull is worth
$1,000.
The average farmer, according to
the bulletin, may aid the campaign
for better bulls as follows:
/. He should refuse to purchase