1914. 
i'HET RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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DO NOT USE GRADE BULLS. 
I Lave » Guernsey bull calf from a 
purebred Guernsey bull, the mother 
seven-eighths Guernsey and an extra 
good cow. Would you advise keeping 
such a bull for a sire to build up a 
herd? f. m. s. 
Michigan. 
The only condition under which a 
grade sire should be maintained in a 
dairy herd is merely an instance where 
the only desire is to freshen the cows. 
Only purebred animals breed true to 
type, and it is poor judgment to trust 
even a 15/16 bull to bring about improve¬ 
ment in a grade herd. If a man keeps a 
herd of dairy cows, not paying any re¬ 
gard for the calves produced, then a 
grade bull will freshen the cows as 
well as one of good individuality and 
good breeding, but the dairyman who is 
ambitious to have the name breeder add¬ 
ed to his name should by all means use 
only purebred and registered sires, pre¬ 
ferably one whose usefulness has been 
tried in some one’s else herd. In my 
mind the greatest crime of the present 
day dairying is the slaughtering or sale 
of bulls for three cents per pound when 
they are in reality worth hundreds of 
dollars if they could be transferred to 
different dairymen in the community that 
are wanting just such sires. A mature 
bull that has proven his usefulness in 
the dairy herd by means of records which 
show that his daughters during their 
first or second calf have given an in¬ 
creased amount of milk when compari¬ 
son is made with the .heifer’s* dam, is 
worth far more to the owner of a grade 
herd than a young sire whose breeding 
may appear more select, but who has his 
reputation as a sire to make. 
F. M. S. should in my judgment sell 
the bull calf referred to, and look around 
in his neighborhood or get in touch with 
some breeder of Guernseys who has a 
three or four year old sire that he is 
desirous of selling to the butcher for 
three cents per pound because he is re¬ 
lated to the females he has in his herd 
that he is desirous of mating. By so 
doing he could start out definitely with 
an assurance that this bull would render 
service because he has rendered service, 
and unless he is jailed up in a box stall, 
and groomed with a pitchfork, there is 
no reason why he should not continue 
his usefulness until he is 10 or 15 years 
old. Grade bulls are all right for the 
cow dealer, but they have no part with 
road horse. Our good results from this 
mare were from the trotting-bred or the 
coach horse, while from the draft mare 
they were from the draft stallion. We 
have a two-year-old colt from a purebred 
Percheron draft stallion, and from the 
draft mare. This colt will not be two 
years for two months, and he is heavier 
now and far better built as a colt than 
the four-year-old progeny from the ordin¬ 
ary stud and the draft mare. 
The advice of a good many successful 
breeders agrees that it does not pay to 
breed a light trotting-bred farm mare to 
a heavy draft stallion. The offspring 
might be gratifying, but generally the 
results are unsatisfactory. It does not pay 
to breed a draft mare to a mongrel or 
trotting-bred stallion. Mr. Nicodeinus, 
one of the institute speakers of Ohio, 
and a successful breeder, advises against 
the breeding of a 1,200-pound draft mare 
to a ton stallion. lie suggested the breed¬ 
ing of a 1,400 to 1,600-pound stud, and 
grading up the weight gradually. Ex¬ 
treme difference in weight of sire and 
dam in his experience produced frequent¬ 
ly an inferior colt. It will pay the farm¬ 
er to drive half-way across the county 
to the stallion that is adapted to his 
needs. In the offspring a day’s time 
would be worth $50 in a better colt. 
Ohio. w. j. 
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