The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-12
BETTER Sire TRAIN
PROVES WORTH OF
! PURE-bRED BULLS
Mechanical Exhibits Tell Story
of Actual Experience Of
Herd Owner

Dairying on a basis of fewer but
better cows, with purebred sires to
build up the milking herds, a move
ment sponsored by the 500 Line
which has resulted in the distribution
of more than 1000 h~igh-grade dairy
COWS along the line in this state, was
presented to Bismarck when the bet
ter sires special exhibited here We'd
nesday evening.
About 400 dairy-minded visitors
viewed the exhibits, heard the mock
trial of the scrub bull type and lis
tened to a dairy business talk by E.
J.. Haselrud, Agricural college dairy
specialist.
The special train Of six cars made
its fifth stop out of 20 when it side
tracked here over night. It is making
its appeal for improved dairying
through a series of placards in II of
the cars, in which are set forth the
story of an actual dairyman under
the cognomen Of John Dairyman,"
by miniature replicas Of dairy farm
features, by talks from the train by
MI. Haselrud, Harry McNutt and F.
r. Newman, vice president in charge
of traffic, by a special group of five
Jersey cows carried in one of tie carr
and by two al of purebred bulls
which are for sale at the stopping
points. None was sold here.
Jersey Exhibit By All Boy
The Jersey dairy herd is from the
farm of Fred Wittnebel, Garfield,
Minnesota, and Is accompanied by his
son Reuben, a Ali club member for
eight years, who has been handling
the purebred side of the family dairy,
while his father has specialized in
high-grade cows and sires. The dairy
operates on a milk and breeding basis
with 40 COWS of the type carried on
the special. The exhibit herd repre-
sents six generations, as a calf, born
June 3. accompanies its mother, Star
light. fifth in the generations repre-
sented. The Jerseys illustrate the
process of stepping up production by
continued improved breeding. The
Oldest cow of the exhibit has a pro-
duction record of 244 pounds of butter
fat per year. Her daughter has a
mark of 344 and her daughter, in
turn, scores 366 pounds, while the
mother of Starlight attained 385
pounds, all these marks being made
as two-year-olds. Starlight is going
on test now.
The story Of John Dairyman is
traced through successive changes in
a herd of IL mediocre COWS, eight of
which, retained on culling out four
"boarders." returned profit of 1884
over feed costs in 1921, while the orig
inal IL during the year before, re-
turned only 1927. John continues the
process of breeding up the herd and
butter fat totals kept growing and
profits increasing until, in 1929, his
herd, again Of IL, produces an aver
age of 355 pounds of butter fat per
cow and a yearly income Of $1,008.
The better sire way is shown to have
increased profits from $2,673, scrub
sire way, to $500.
Placards show this was done by
purchasing two purebred sires, join
ing a COW testing association, selling
low-producing COWS, keeping heifers
from high-producing mothers and
growing and feeding the right feeds
alfalfa and sweet clover, as an ex-
ample.
Mock Trial Broadcast
One of the special features of the
program was the broadcasting Of the
mock trial of two mechanical talking
COWS, 800 Line Susie" and "Scrubbus
Bullus." For this event IL local
farmers and business men were Sc
lected to form a jury to listen to the
evidence presented charging Scrub
bus Bullus" with being a public
enemy through his string of low pro-
ducing offspring. The jury's verdict
vas painless Transformation into
bologna for the scrub bull and q de-
: e that the owner desist from rails
ing scrubs and go in for high-produc-
ing purebreds. ,......
agent for the 500 Line, was in charge
OF the train. Members Of his staff on
board included s. ]. Saunders, H. A.
McNutt, Claude Ebling, E. H. Ostrom
and Jens Uhrenholdt.
H. M. Stephens and T. A. Nelson,
representatives Of the Agricultural
Credit corporation, were in charge of
the sale of purebred dairy sires.
Jurors in the mock trial were Carl
Nelson, Carl Keidel, Bert Mills, John
Dohstretter, L. ]. Garske. r.. r. Breen,
G. Yegen, Oswald Oss, s. +. Dale. v.
G. Craven, Sam Turnbow, Frank Stag,
G. B. Dickinson and A. L. Watt.
j. r. Branley, A. w. Mellon and L.
<. Thompson, local 500 representa-
tiveS. and A. r. Miesen, county agent,
were in charge of local ARRANGEMENTS.