Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — USE PUREBRED SIRE TO IMPROVE CATTLE [ARTICLE]

USE PUREBRED SIRE TO IMPROVE CATTLE

Whether Good or Bad He Is Half the Herd and Sometimes Out Scrubs. (By S. T. SIMPSON.) The unprecedented demand for purebred live stock will sooner or later result tn the marketing of many animals eligible to registry, which are Inferior as individuals and which may prove poor breeders. The present high values afford all the better reason for Investing in only good breeding animals, even though they appear high in price. In this way only can the present high standard be maintained and the scrub purebred finally eliminated. The use of the registered scrub can but discourage the cause of purebred sires and better live. stock. The breeder who markets such individuals will ultimately suffer the criticism of those who know good live stock, and finally be discriminated against in buying and selling. The purchaser of the scrub purebred can breed nothing but Inferior individuals so long as he persists in buying the pedigreed with no regard for individual merit. .: The purebred site is the best means of live-stock improvement. Whether good or bad he is half the herd and sometimes more. For this reason the selection of the sire demands equally as much attention as the entire group of females, and it is far more Important to have a good sire, both in individuality and breeding, than to have one or two good females. If sacrifices must be made, let them occur in the selection of the females. ...—_ ——