The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1923-02-23
PURE BRED JERSEY
BULLS FREE FOR
YALOBUSHA CO.

The Illinois Central System.
through its development bureau. has
arranged to distribute a score of
purebred registered Jersey bull, for
use as breeding sires in the dairy COM
munities along its lines in Mississippi
and Louisiana. These animals range
from yearlings to three-years-olds.
and each one is a carefully selected
specimen, chosen particularly with
reference to his descent from dams
holding excellent official records in
milk and butter production. The
paternal ancestry of these males also
Is OF superior excellence, extending
back through generations of prize
winners.
The bulls will be loaned to dairy
farmers in these states for the pur-
pose Of improving existing herds
They will be placed at points con-
veniently located best to serve the
interest of the dairy business. No
charge will be made by the railroad
for the use of the animals and every
means will be employed to insure
that each community is given an op-
portunity to obtain the benefit of
the plan. Representatives of the
company will make regular inspection
trips from time to time to ascertain
the progress of breeding develop
ment, and it is planned to offer priz-
es for showings in butterfat produc-
tion and other development of the
industry.
The twenty Jersey males will be
taken in a special train which will
start from Fulton, KY, on Monday,
February 26, and will stop at the
following stations on the Illinois
Central and Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley lines in Tennessee, Mississippi
and louisiana:
February 26, Obion, Trimble,
Tenn, and Senatobia, Miss; Feb
ruary 8. Sardls, Batesville, Courtland
and Oakland, Miss, March /, Ok
ford, Water Valley and Grenada,
Miss; March 2, Winona, West, Dur
ant and Lexington, Miss; March 8,
Kosciusko, Ackerman and Aberdeen,
Miss; March 8, West Point, Stark
vile and Canton, Miss; March
Yazoo City, and Jackson, Miss. March
z, Hazlehurst, Wesson, Brookhaven,
and McComb, Miss. March 8, Kent
wood, Hammond and Albany, La;
March 9, Baton Rouge, Slaughter
and Woodville, La, March 10, Will
son, La; Centerville, Gloster and
Natchez, Miss; March IL, Fayette,
Port Gibson and vicksburg, Miss;
March 13, Rolling Fork and Green
vile, Miss.
At each stop opportunities will be
afforded those interested in the dairy
industry to examine the bulls, and
at all points lectures will be deliver
ed by specialists on dairy cattle
breeding and feeding. Farmers and
breeders of dairy stock are cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
The lecturers will be Professor
Hugh G. Van Pelt, of Waterloo,
Iowa, a recognized national author
ity on feeding and breeding dairy
cattle, and Professor L. A. Higgins,
dairy husbandman at the A. and M.
College, Starkville, Miss. Other
speakers will include H. J. Schwiet-
ert, general development agent, ILL.,
nois Central System, who personally
selected the animals to be distributed
and members of the field staff Of
the development bureau.
No more practical method of ina
proving the standards of the dairy
industry in the South could we'll be
imagined than this plan Of introduc-
ing registered sires into the various
communities for the free use Of
dairymen. The Illinois Central Sys-
tenn takes the position that the best
blood obtainable is none too good
for this territory, which bids fair to
become one Of the finest dairy Sec
tions in the country. That its view
point will be justified by results OBJ
tanned in the near future, the COM
pany feels assured.