Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-06-18

The formation of the Columbus
Bladen Breeders Cooperative, Inc,
extends 10 81 the number of coun-
ties in which artificial breeding
of dairy cattle is now available.
The board of directors of this
organization met On June to
complete the formation of the CO.
operative and announced that OPP
Grafton would begin sometime be-
tween June Is and July l.
Once the program is officially
started the cooperative will re-
ceive daily shipments of seman
from bulls of the Holstein, Guern-
sey, and Jersey breeds. These
shipments will come from the
Asheville, N. c. branch of the
American Breeders Service, an
organiz alton that offers artificial
breeding service in ever one-half
of the fCrty-eight states.
According to Charles D. Raper,
County Agent, the American
Breeders Service is the only or
ganization in the United States
offering service fro nnothing but
desirably proved bulls. In other
words, before any bull is brought
into The stud, milk production
records on his daughters have
been compared with similar re-
cords On their dams. In this way
and in this way only, the ability
of the bull to transmit production
can be clearly demonstrated be-
fore his services are offered to
thousands of farmers. According
to figures released by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture these
bulls that will be available in
Bladen County will rank in the
top two per cent of all bulls that
are proved each year. When one
realizes that there are bulls now
II %eYyi~e tErat have sired over
$4,000 calves the importance o.
selecting nothing but outstanding
bulls can be understood.
This type of program has been
available in North Carolina for
over four years and has been very
widely accepted. During 1948, the
first year of operation, there were
over $4,000 COWS bred. BY the end
of the fourth year, 1851, this num-
Der had jumped to almost $4,000.
Even more rapid growth is expect
ed in the futur esince many of
the helfers resulting from this
program are now in milk and the
farmers have been almost unami-
nous IN expressing their approval
of the way they have produced.
Not cnly has the number of
cows being bred shown an in
crease hut so had the efficiency of
settling cows. The first year only
81 per cent of the cows conceived
the first time they were bred.
During 1851 out of every 100
cows bred IS of them settled on
the first service. This represents
a very desirable rate Of efficiency
and as 4 matter of fact is known
to be just as good as natural
breeding.
Since the program is organized
as a farmer cooperative it will be
operated on a non-profit basis.
The Board of Directors after con-
siderable study, decided that in
order % meet expenses, it would
be necessary to set the service fee
at $500 per cow. This fee, how
ever, will guarantee two addition
al services at no cost if necessary
to settle the cow. The directors
hel that this fee is reasonable for
10th the family cow owner and
the dairyman especially IN view
of the quality of bulls available.
To make the program a real
success the cooperation of every
cow owner is needed. If you have
not Joined this mass movement to
improve the dairy catt]ed in Co
lumbus and Bladen County, you
should immediately contact your
County Farm Agent or any of the
following Directors of the cooper
tive: Sarl Miller, Jr., Council; j.
R. Powell, Elizabethtown or Wiley
ZONES Green, Clarkton. j Philip
Strole, Chadbourn; D. G. Balling-
err Acme; or Jack B. Blake,
Chadbourn.
Life memberships are as follow:
1-2cows, $1.Oo; 3-5 COWS, $500;
6-1o COWS $500; and over 10 cows
$500.
To date 491 cows haze been
signed up in this program. Before
starting to operate the association
will need $50 cows signed up. Any
farmers wishing to sign up his