Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — DAIRY FACTS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DAIRY FACTS

TO ELIMINATE SCRUB BULLS

Campaign Started by Wisconsin Farm, ere to Use Only Purebred Sires—Record In One County. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Wisconsin dairymen and farmers, desirous of increasing their profits and adding still greater honors to their already famous dairy state, have joined tn a state-wide campaign to eliminate the scrub bull and use only purebred sires. The record made last year In the Brown County Cow-Testing association typifies the merits of purebred bulls and Illustrates why farmers and

dairymen will not tolerate the scrub. In this association 12 cows qualified for the register of production. All of these cows were daughters of purebred sires, six of them being daughters of one sire. The five best herds in the association are headed by purebred sires, while the five poorest herds are all headed by grade or scrub sires. The herds of those farmers who used purebred sires averaged 85 pounds more fat a cow than those using grades or scrubs. Last year eight of the members purchased purebred sires of known breeding to replace their scrubs.

A Sire of Good Quality.