Grading up Beef Cattle at Sni-a-Bar Farms oF 
- Steers sired by purebred bulls at Sni-a-Bar Farms have topped 
the market 16 out of 20 times and have 4 times been the highest 
_ for the year to date of sale on the Kansas City market for fat year- 
ling beeves. 
Early maturity is a conspicuous result of beef-cattle improvement 
_ through the use of purebred sires. 
Steers raised at Sni-a-Bar Farms as a part of the demonstration 
| have sold consistently for about $2 a hundred pounds more than the 
' average of other cattle on the same market, and during the period 
eof high prices in 1918 for as high as $5.95 a hundred above the market 
average. 
_  Show-ring results are in general agreement with market prefer- 
ences so far as indicated by the successful showing of Sni-a-Bar 
_ stock in market classes and by sales of similar cattle on the market. 
The demonstration shows clearly that breeding is a dominant 
factor in the production of high-quality beeves and that good feed- 
ing and management will not return best results unless the element 
— of good breeding is present also. 
7 In grading up farm cattle the quality of calves is approximately 
in proportion to the individual excellence of the sires used, hence 
the importance of selecting bulls possessing qualities sought for in 
the offspring. 
Attendance at the grading-up demonstrations has increased from 
about 500 persons in 1917 to 10,000 in recent years, indicating a 
wide public recognition of the practicability of raising better 
cattle, 
