Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-05-11
GREAT MOVEMENT
FOR STATE LIVESTOCK
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!; is to have more Farmers usi1
I pure bred bulls to sire steers t
{; come to this market and to b
sold to the butchers and packer
to make meat.
Mr., w. S. Bell, president of tn
Louisville Live Stock Exchange
tells me and [ have seen it il
written reports, that during tn
year 1920, 225,0OQ head, approxi
mately, of cattle and calves wer,
sold through the Bourbon Stool
Yards. Over 90 per cent of these
evidenced that they were sired BY
scrub or nondescript bulls.
few numbers were sired by pure
bred bulls, showing clearing that
had the others been sired by
| good pure bred bulls, they woulC
have brought in advance Of S. tc
$40 head, which was the differ
ence these sired by the pure bred
Dull brought over the scrubs.
| believe Mr.. Bell used the fig-
ure OF So per head. that would
amount to $I.SOO.CO0 in round
numbers. $1,30O,0O0 more money
would have. been paid out to the
farmers of Kentucky by breeding
with pure bred bulls instead Of
scrubs, but to be conservative.
lust cut this number in half. say
81 per head, that would still mean
large amount, approximatelv
P9oO,OOO that would have been
paid to Kentucky farmers who.
shipped cattle to the Louisville
market. Now that is speaking
n dollars and cents and in order
10 reach his heart, | believe that
IS the way to speak to him. III
we can show him that the pure
bred bull will actually increase
his profits to that amount, them
he will have no trouble in rel
placing the scrub bulls in Ken !
lucky with pure bred bulls. /
We cannot estimate how big
The annual income to the farmers
Of Kentucky would be if all Of 2 |
sudden we could wipe out the
scrub and replace with pure bred. t
10 give you some idea Of the
proportion of scrub bulls in the
state of Kentucky to the pure
bred bulls, we gathered these sta
5tlstics from the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. These are
not correct, not absolutely so, as
the department depends upon its
representatives in various cO1n-
ties to make an accurate report.
and these are compiled from
those making report in about 1O0I
counties. December l, 1918. 70I.
pure bred bulls standing for ser
wee fee in the state of Kentucky
On the same day there were Gas
grade and scrub bulls standing
tor service. In December, 1919
we have larger figures perhaps
more accurate reports and under
which were very slim t
Hating for the production of cat
lie and find 600 pure bred bulls f.,
we're being stood for service and
1913 grade and scrub bulls. Nov 5
his makes proportion of five {
scrub bulls to every pure bred. L
Now that cattle prices are not
IS good as they were a few wears
lgo, the tendency on the part OF
he farmers is not to produce as
much and not pay as much atten
ION to producing good animals
Now they are absolutely wrong
n that contention. The lower
you have to sell your cattle, the
more you should strive to pro
luce the best. The best is the
most economical to produce re-
yardless of how they sell. Some
me has said that you cannot get
he farmers to see this. | havel
ust been through the cattle pens
II the Bourbon Stock Yards andl
made an effort to see every pen
t occurred to me that if it were
'osslble to bring large number
Il farmers, to believe that the
Grub bull is as good as the pure
red, to the yards and take theml
trough the cattle pens, there is
% doubt but they would be con
need of their error. The pure
red stock from their condition
nd quality show clearly they are
ne most economical to produce
IN getting down strictly to the
ubJect, Foundation of a pure
.erd, you want to consider all S
hlngs before you buy your cat I
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