Burch: Purebred Sires Improve Female Stock 



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ANOTHER TYPE OF EARLY EGYPTIAN CATTLE 



According to ancient carvings, this is one kind of cattle raised in Egypt centuries ago. Note 

 the depth of body and blocky conformation of this animal, in contrast to those on the opposite 

 page. This one shows several characteristics desired by modern breeders. Evidently it was the 

 Egyptians' beef type of cattle, and this one is shown being led to slaughter. (Photograph by cour- 

 tesy of National Museum.) (Fig. 33.) 



400,000 head of livestock and poultry 

 listed with the Department: 



Cattle 1 bull to 17.5 cows. 



Horses. . . .1 stallion to 17.2 mares. 



Swine 1 boar to 11.1 sows. 



Sheep 1 ram to 32.3 ewes. 



Goats 1 buck to 23.9 does. 



Fowls 1 rooster to 23.9 hens. 



Other poultry, 



geese, ducks, 



turkeys, etc. 



(average) . . 1 male to 10.6 females. 



FACTS OBTAINED WITH SPECIAL CARE 



Knowledge of the breeding of live- 

 stock in the "Better Sires-Better 

 Stock" campaign is obtained with 

 special care. First, the owner of the 

 stock lists his animals kept for breeding 

 on the enrollment blank in accordance 

 with the olificial definitions for the vari- 

 ous classes of animals with respect to 

 their parentage. As the better-sires 

 slogan indicates, all males must be 

 purebred and of good quality. 



Female stock may be of any breed- 



ing and spaces are provided for the 

 listing of purebred, grade, crossbred, 

 and scrub females. Then the classifi- 

 cation is approved by the county agent 

 in the county where the livestock 

 owner lives. In the relatively few 

 cases where there is no county agent, 

 the written indorsement of the blank 

 by two experienced and disinterested 

 livestock owners is required. 



Every person agreeing in writing, on 

 the blank furnished, to use only pure- 

 bred sires in his breeding operations 

 receives an emblem of recognition 

 issued cooperatively by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture and 

 the State in which he lives. So-called 

 "red tape" has been reduced to a mini- 

 mum and the emblems have been issued 

 in most cases the day the blanks were 

 received. 



FEMALE STOCK NEED NOT BE PURE- 

 BRED 



Though pointing out the foregoing 

 observations — and especially the ten- 



