The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-05-17
GREATEST OF
UNDERTAKINGS Is
LIVESTOCK CAMPAIGN
Effort For Better Livestock In States
Is One Of the Greatest Of
States Undertakings,
Says Harris!

Says Harris!
Declaring the better bred livestock
movement Of the Louisville Live Stock
Exchange to be the greatest ever I'M
dertaken for the livestock interests Of
the state, Prof. w. ]. Harris, of the
staff Of the University OF Kentucky |
College Of Agriculture, in an address
to farmers at the Bourbon Stock Yards |
quoted figures to show what results
would be II continued until properly
bred animals were developed.
He asserted that the failure of the
cotton crops was forcing the entire
South into the livestock industry and
that it was only question of time
when the South would become the live
stock producing center of the nation.
With the herds of Kentucky virtually
the only ones Of character and reputa-
ton In the South the South must turn
to this state as the nerest for assist
ance in founding and extending its
| livestock industry, he said.
No section Of the world approaches
Kentucky in climate favorable to rails
| ing livestock, while its wonderful
limestone waters and blue grass make
it ideal for that purpose. Prof Harris
urged the buying of pure bred bulls
at the Farmers Better Sire Sale to be
held at the Bourbon Stock Yards by
the Exchange and the Kentucky Pure
Bred livestock association on juno q,
as the first step toward bringing this
state to Its proper position as leader
of of the South in livestock develop
ment.
Prof. Harris said that the figures
given him showed that almost quar-
ter of q million of beef cattle had been
handled through the Bourbon Stock
Yards last year of which ninety per
cent. at least were scrub or monde
scripts. He declared that they repre-
scented loss in profits that would
have been made if they had been high
grade of from 100000 to s1,SO0,O0O.
The address by Prof Harris follows
want to compliment the Livestock
Exchange for the movement they have
undertaken, and putting on this pure
bred sire sale campaign, and inter-
est they have taken in the fat stock
show, also for bringing it here to the
yards where 1t belongs instead Of al
hte fair grounds, where it was out OF
lplace.
II this pure bred sire campaign Ii
successful and I don't know Of any
reason why it should not me, 1t will
be the greatest thing ever done in thu
livestock industry in the state Of Ken
lucky. This is most completely or
ganized movement and is reachin!
more people through its systematic
publicity campaign, than any | hav'
ever known of. Every county is vel
4, informed as to this pure bred sale.
e don't see why we, could not dis
Il pose of a large number of bulls at
: fair price. | understand the breeder
e in the state who are consigning thes
n bulls don's expect big price. AL
i they want is fair price and on
which the farmers can afford to pay
O to carry along with the cows they nov
!. have in order to make the farme
= money. If sold at a reasonable price
d levery farmer will be pleased with hi
! purchase, will see what good pur
: bred bull can do and the first thin
@ you know, will be saving back some o
Il his heifers sired by this bull, and whel
4 they get old enough to breed, will dis
I pose.of this bull to neighbor and bu,
still better bull. This better bul
: will be used on these graded heifers
+ which he purchased at say SIS to $40
; per head. After he realizes in dollar
g and cents that the pure bred bull /
6 the superior of the scrub and monde
: script, he will want only pure bre
v because he will see that the pure bre
q will make IS per head more on marke
n steers.
ii think the Live Stock Exchange !
coming to the occasion and are Jus
l. now putting the proposition befor
~ the farmers in Kentucky in such wa
"a that they are bound to realize tn
= benefits of taking hold. Now that wi
n not mean so many more pure bre
"a breeders in the state, that is not tn
n idea of the movement, it is to hav
90 more farmers using pure bred bills {
J. sire steers to come to this market an
e to be sold to the buchers and packer
= to make meat.
A. Mr.. w. s. Bell, President OF tn
"a Louisville Live Stock Exchange tell
" me and I have seen it written in re
M ports, that during the year Of 1872
" 225,0OO head, approximately, of catt
ID and calves we're sold through Il
Is Bourbon Stock Yards. Over ninety p'
81 cent of these evidenced that they wei
sired by scrub or nondescrip bulls.