The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-02-10

dustry,
An enjoyable feature of the meet
ing was the sumptuous banquet serv.
ed by the ladies of the Methodist
church. The banquet was free to all
having been donated and financed b,
the business and professional men Of
Red Lodge, sponsored by the Bear
tooth Boosters Club and in direct
charge of committee of that organ.
ization composed of: Joe J. Gerondale
Ed Skoglum, A. E. Madsen, G.. B
Foltz and B. w. Holt, acting in con-
junction with T. |. Peterson.
Following is an excerpt from the
address delivered by Mr.. Astroth al
the various meetings held in the coun-
ty this week, while discussing the
topic, what Good Sire Can Do"
"Now I'm not from Wisconsin or
Minnesota. I'M FROM MISSOURI,
and we have some wonderful examples
Of what can be accomplished along
this line in the Ozarks.
81 will never forget one of the first
opportunities l had to travel down
through the Ozark mountains. At that
time the stock quotations ran some
thing like this: Cows $500, Horses
$500, and Hound Dogs $4,000, ane
they had some wonderful hound dogs
The cows were more or less Of mon
Erel brand. Several carloads of thest
cows were shipped to the Ames Elk
pertinent Station. They were givel
strictly farm feed of the same typ,
that they would receive on an lows
farm. They had two things in view
sne to determine how great an increase
could be secured by proper feeding
and how great an increase could be
secured from daughters when they
were sired by outstanding purebred
sires.
The first question was easily ans.
wered, as they produced 1872 pounds
fat per cow in new surroundings com
pared to 70 pounds in the Ozarks
These COWS were bred to good sires
pot of just one breed, but they were
tried out with Jerseys, Guernseys and
Helsteins, and found the net results
practically the same for all breeds. II
.liree generations time they had an in
crease of SO per cent of mix and 81
per cent IN fat, all due to good sire'
and better feeding for three genera
lions.
The daughters of one Jersey bull
produced 6138 pounds of milk, 34s
pounds of butterfat, the first cross
from the old scrubs.
Now, do Purebred Sires Pay?
The improved breeds of dairy cat
tie, as we have them today, are no
the result of chance. Rather, the,
have come. about as the result of man,
years of careful study and application
Of The laws of breeding.
Tt,has not been a long time, as tim
goes, since the day purebreds had tn
SINE ancestors written into their ped
igree that are embodied in the scruI
bull today. They travelled along diff
ferent lines to reach the present day
The Scrub bull Travelled down the lin,
of no feed, no care, and no breeding
The good bull Of today, down the lint
of proper feed, proper care, and care
full selection Of sires and dams, ant
has developed into the wonderful
breeding animal of today.
Of course there are many farmers
in, .many localities who actually cal
not afford anything better than tn
grade sire, but the fact remains tina
there are many more farmers in. man,
more localities using, grade and. scru
sires, when they cannot afford to us
anything but good purebred sires.
There are too many dairy cows tina
are incapable Of producing 200 pound
b ptserfat year. yItsi is aknown fac
that. such stock can not and do. nc
make a profit for k5esiirr owners VI III
remedy lies fl the use of breedin
stock.
USE NOTHING BUT PUREBRE
sIRES.