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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Pasture and Bam Notes 
Programs fob Breeders’ Associa- if some method of distribution, as sug- 
tions. —The County Holstein Breeders’ gested by The R. N.-Y. could be worked 
Club is planning for a calf club in co- 0 ut. j cannot agree with such a po- 
oporation with the Farm Bureau. I tin- sition. To be honest in the matter, the 
derstand that the National Holstein average production of the grade cows in 
Friesian Association is recommending C ur herd is better than that of the pure- 
this move. It is a good one. Sometimes breds, for the simple reason that we have 
in the past we have seriously wondered more carefully selected the grades than 
whether the local chib was worth while, the purebreds. While we have been get- 
not because it costs $2 to belong to it, but ting into purebreds, we have raised every 
because it was organized with great ex- purebred heifer calf. During the same 
pectations of what it was to accomplish, 
anti then, by doing nothing at all except 
to hold its annual meetings and a picnic 
or two, sort of put a stop to all progress. 
Now that the officers have undertaken the 
calf club proposition, things look better. 
The Holstein breed received quite a jolt 
when Charlie Cole was caught with his 
cream bag. Some breeders were frankly 
discouraged as well as disgusted. It 
looks now as though the whole affair 
might turn out to the advantage of the 
breed by putting a stop to practices that 
sooner or later would have hurt it and by 
greatly stimulating the breeders to con¬ 
structive and co-operative action. While 
for various reasons our major interest 
happens to lie with another breed, still 
we value our purebred Ilolsteins highly, 
and we know that in the long run. with 
any sort of fair handling by Holstein 
men, the cow herself will be even more 
secure than before the Cole episode. The 
calf club gives our local Breeders’ Asso¬ 
ciation a program. It is just, what is 
needed to make it worth while to us. 
Grade and Purebred Calves. —My re¬ 
cent item about the highly bred grade period we have raised only the grade 
heifer calves that we often have to kill calves from the very best cows. This 
at birth continues to bring forth inquiries, is the case in many other dairies. One 
Perhaps it will mean that a few of the of our neighbors, who now has a large 
animals that ought to live will be i*aised purebred herd, and who is a pretty care- 
aud an equal number of scrubs knocked ful thinker, said to me recently that he 
in the head. One or two parties have would have been ahead financially during 
written, however, that they do not be- the last five years if he had milked grades 
lieve the raising of any grade calves instead of purebreds. lie added, also, 
should be fostered, as would be the case that now he had all purebreds. he was in¬ 
clined to believe they soon would have to time to study the problem, so we have 
approach grade values, and sell more been writing to breeders asking them to 
closely according to their value as pro- submit pedigrees to us. These pedigrees, 
dueers of milk at Dairymen’s League just as in the case of the answers to our 
prices than on the fact that they were “For Sale” advertisements, have proven 
purebreds. By this I do not mean to very interesting in the way they vary, 
discourage going into purebreds. We are Some are so obviously overdone that we 
going to have all purebreds ourselves just cannot help almost unconsciously feeling 
as soon as we can ,get them, but I do that something must be wrong with the 
mean to make the point that for actual calf. Others very plainly do not do the 
production there are a good many grade lines of breeding justice. Evidently these 
heifer calves that are better prospects come from men who are new at the game 
for producers than the cheaper run of or who have not taken the time to study 
purebred heifer calves, and that these the breed. Others set forth the breeding 
grade calves are so nearly purebred that in a very definite manner, simply calling 
the chance of their varying from the type attention to the actual records of the sire 
and dam, and, occasionally, to a full sister 
or full brother. These make the best 
impression. One or two pedigrees have 
been accompanied by a snapshot of the 
bull offered, and one by a picture of his 
sire and dam also. This is fine. The 
whole experience has been worth a good 
deal to us, though we have not yet found 
the bull we want. It has taught us some¬ 
thing about handling our own offerings 
in the future. We have about come to 
this conclusion : To veal or dispose at 
birth of all the ordinary purebred bull 
calves; to take the outstanding ones and 
grow them until they are three or four 
months old, then get snapshots of them, 
snapshots of their dam, and work out 
on a sheet of paper, on which we will 
have printed the picture and breeding of 
their sire, a pedigree that will accurately 
list all of the A. R. records, and a short 
description of the animal in which we 
will try to mention fairly the points at 
which he may be faulted, as well as his 
good points. Judging by the impression 
that su.h descriptions and pedigrees have 
made on us, we believe we shall be able 
of their dams is not much more than it is to make the best class of sales this way. 
in the case of purebreds, and that it dairyman. 
would be a mistake not to profit by the 
careful selection of grades that have been 
going on for years in the best dairy see- Guest: “I told you I wanted a room 
tions. go quiet after 9 o’clock that you could 
Pedigrees-. —Some time in the next hear a pin drop, and now I find you’ve 
year or two we are going to need a new given me one over the bowling alley.” 
purebred bull. These Winter evenings, Night Clerk: “Well, can’t you hear ’em 
after the chores are done, make a good drop?”—Boston Transcript. 
Pearl of Balquido, Prize Matured Ayrshire at Guelph , Out., Winter Fair; 
Owned by H. MacPherson 
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