Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1911 — SELECT A PURE-BRED SIRE [ARTICLE]

SELECT A PURE-BRED SIRE

Best Results Can Only Be Obtained Through Bull’s Daughters—CoOperative Breeding Helps.

Before selecting a pure-bred sire to head the herd of cows, It is necessary to canvas the situation thoroughly. Select the breed best fitted for special work, and stick to this line of breeding. The Holsteins, Guernseys and Jerseys have beed bred for generations for milk production, until their characteristics have been fixed, and one is much more likely to find high production among these special dairy breeds. The farmer, when deciding from which breed to select his dairy bull, should consider to some extent, the choice of his neighbors, that he may*co-operate with them for. the breeding of better stock. The best results, in the average farm community, can be obtained only by results obtained through the bull’s daughters. Through co-operative breeding, sires may be kept in a locality throughout their entire period of usefulness, or discarded if their tested daughters do not prove to be better than their dams. Co-operative breeding /also brings buyers to the locality, lyhich gives a better market for surplus stock. For this reason the advantages gained should be considered In making the selection of a herd bull.