PROGRESSIVE BEEF CATTLE RAISING 



These figures indicate that apparently the normal ratio 

 of purebred values to market values is about 3 to i, 

 although this ratio is varied from rather frequently. 

 Apparently the values of all pure breeds were inflated 

 during the first few years of the century and again during 

 the war period just gone through. The inflation of the 

 early years was probably not due entirely to the after 

 effects of the Spanish-American War but in general to the 

 initial era of prosperity in farm production about this 

 time, which so increased the buying power of the farmer 

 that he was able to compete for better bred livestock to 

 a greater degree than at any time previously. In general, 

 purebred breeders should feel well satisfied if they secure 

 from three to three and one-half times as much for their 

 purebreds as is paid for native steers on the Chicago 

 market. 



The ultimate test of the purebred 

 The animal is its possession of a registered 



Pedigree pedigree. Not the mere possesion of 



a pedigree counts, for all cattle have 

 pedigrees. This term is just another name for ancestors, 

 or a tabulation of ancestors. All cattle have ancestors, 

 but purebred cattle have certified ancestors, and it is 

 well known that the average of its ancestors are well 

 above the average of the ancestors of scrub animals. 

 Poor cattle with poor cattle in their pedigrees produce 

 poor cattle, while good cattle with good cattle in their 

 pedigrees produce good cattle. Registered animals have 

 a recorded pedigree behind them which shows the warp 

 and woof of which they are made. The registry associa- 

 tion by its approval of the animal's ancestry gives assur- 

 ance to the breeder of a well marked standard of calves 

 resulting from its use. 



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