Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-20
LOCAL HERD
EXEWPLIFIES
LAW OF MENDEL
Albert Brinkman Has Elk
ceptiOnal Example of
Good Breeding.

Harry Bailey of Richland Center
president of the Standard Bred Cattle
Club of America, was in Lancaster on
business last mid-week. While here he
visited and enrolled the Albert Brink
man herd. Mr.. Bailey, an authority on
the subject, pens the following by
Herald request.)
There is law established by sci
ence known as the Mendel law which
is a refutation of the old time calcu-
lation that the use of pure bred sires
upon grade cattle brings forth half
breeds, two-thirds, seven-eighths, etc.,
but in their stead, certain we'll def1n-
ed percentages of cattle so bred come
true to type and will breed on for
ever without throwing an off type de-
cendant. These animals are known as
Mendel Law pure breds.
Not only does the Mendel law hold
good in regard to using pure bred
sires with ordinary grade or native
dairy cattle, but it is just as true
where even pure bred COWS are used.
And if pure bred COWS of one type
are used with pure bred Sires of an
other type, it is possible to convert
a whole herd of cattle into Mendel
law pure breds within four genera
tons.
Perfect Guernsey Types
The remarkable feature of the AL
bert Brinkman herd of Guernseys,
near the city of Lancaster, is that
they are almost a perfect demOnstra-
ton of the Mendel law. Eight years
ago Mr.. Brinkman had a whole herd
of very fine Jerseys. He began using
a pure bred Guernsey sire, selecting
of course, the very best types of sires
of the Guernsey breed, and today he
has an entire herd of as fine type
Guernseys as will be found in Grant
or the adjoining counties. These
Guernseys are even exceptional as to
their type for despite the fact that
dark or smut noses are difficult to
keep clear of with pure bred Guern-
seys and that also the Jersey black
nose is the hardest characteristic to
eradicate in cross breeding, there is
but one dark nosed Guernsey in Mr..
Brinkman's herd, something that it
might be very difficult to find in the
best pure bred Guernsey herd in the
county.
Cattle Club President Here
There is an organization, the Stan
dard Bred Cattle Club of America,
which records and registers these
Mendel law true types after the man
ner of the pure bred associations, and
it was during a visit of the president,
Mr.. Harry Bailey, of Richland Center,
to Grant county, that Mr.. Brinkman's
herd was visited and registered as
Standard Bred Guernsey cattle. This
brings to Mr.. Brinkman the distinc-
ton of having registered the first
Standard Bred cattle of any type in
Grant county, a matter of no small
distinction in the light of the fact that
the Standardization of Mendel law
true types is becoming very popular
and in the future Standard Bred Hol-
stems, Standard Bred Guernseys, Ayr
shires, Jerseys, Brown Swiss and
Milking Shorhorns is going to be as
popular as that of pure bred regis
trations.
Every dairyman who has been using
pure bred sire for any length OF
time, undoubtedly has COWS eligible
to registration as Standard BREEDS, the
proof of which fact may be ascertain
ed by communicating with any COW
tester.
HARRY BAILEY