dairy herd improvement
Cent. from oage 1
could be controlled except hercdity.During
this time seven proved sires have been
used and the records shov; that butterfat
increased from 600# to 900# -.or year. This
is the longest experiment of this type .
ever carried out Dr. Reed said;
Dr. Reed emphasized the importanco of
- roved bulls in the breeding program.Being
ure bred doesn’t mean a thing he said un
less records have been kept shoring tho'
milk records in the pedigroe of the sire.
i-c pointed out that only one out of three
bulls are good. He told of instances in
his early experience "here ho had selected
lure Bred stock that from all appearances
:'es tops, but found later that he had been
grossly vrong. In tho Beltsville experi
ments all the heifers have been saved and
they have been able to increase tho averag
yeild of butter fat 35# and mill; 1000# by
using proved sires.
During the last ten years Artificial in
semination has come to the front in tho
receding program. This has many advantages
in its favor. First, it costs tho f armor
mu.eh less as one bull can bo kept for a
much Treater number of cons. This saves
individual farmers a gredt deal, of labor
ar veil as feed. Second, bulls are oton'
dangerous to have around the farm. Third,
it is possible to obtain a hotter bull be
cause there are more to share the expense.
At the present time Beltsville has seme
6r odd bulls out in Insemination Centers.
In sneaking of Pure Bred stock, Dr. Reod
stated that in the U.S. there are only 3
Pure 'red herds in every 100 herds over
ten country. Those 3$, he said, do not
need the help of the Agricultural Depart
ment as they arc able to take care of them
selves. It is the 97$ tho have the Grade
herds vho need tho help.
In ensue ring the question as'to thy there
arc not more Pure 3rod herds, Dr. Reed
pointed out that they cost too much for
the average Dairy farmer and in the second
placo there is no guarantee that they are
any better than the Grade. Out of this
3$ there are less than. 10$ mho are'test
ing their herds and keeping records. Too
much faith is placed in the fact that the
animals are pure bred. 'The difference be
t' cor. India and the U.S. ho said', is that
India morships the "cot; and tho U.S. uor
skips the pedigree.
The farmers for Tears have been cross -
breeding and breeding grades. The Agricul
tural Department realining that 97% of tho
farmers could not afford to invest in Pure
"red stock began experimenting rith Cross'
breeding.'"You can’t fool tho farmer," Dr.
Peed said, " and the‘farmers have been
doing this for years." Scientific experi
menting mas then started using pure bred
bulls and corns (proved bulls).
i'ftflfAflUSKA' VHLLW liBRfiriy
I01-IDAYS: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
lira. Ailcen Lucas
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m
Mrs.’Earl Graves
U3SDAYE: 2:00 p.m; ’to 4:00 p.m
Krs.H.S. Bauer
7:00 ti.m. 'to 9:00 n.m
Mrs. ' F.H, Sins
.JEDMSSBAYS: 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.n
Mrs.'Jolly
TirJTCBAl'G: 2:00 pvm‘ to 4:00 p.m
Mrs. B.C. Mau
MIDA'iS: 2:00 p.m, to 4:00 p.~ _
Mrs. Doming
7:00 p.'n, to 0:00 p.m.
Mrs. '.Taltor Beile
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REPAIR
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COmPLElV OVERHAUL
on the
Located 1 MILE FROM PALMER
171-1 AyrTTcjr/;_r/T.- 'T'r. 130*1).
150 crosses have been made <and sane're
markable results have been obtained.Every
heifer has been saved and'76 records have
been compiled on crosses. Here are sorae
of his fig-ores to prove his story—
Averages from—
l.'Q -reeg u: esses
42 crossed daughters
fron
42 Pure Prod Doras
Averages from
Throe Breed Crosses
14 5-breed daughters
from
14 2-breed dams
Ibsinilk fjB.F. ,fbf
IS,970 4.53 508
10,656 4,60 4-GO
2354 128#
14,376 4.52 S44#
12.784 4.67 5937f
1 592 46#
Hybrid livestock is getting better as the
experimenting nvogrossesThis idea of
crossfig brooao v,c >roiuce something bet
ter is i.'O L contirci to cattle, it is being
used in plants and poultry as roll.
Cont. on page 7