Show DEMAND NOW IS FOR BETTER BETT ER STANDARDS afa I 1 A f I 1 in n PAIR OF PUREBRED SHORTHORN SHOW HEIFERS by FRANK D TOMSON if there exists in the mind of anyone any doubt as to the general inclination to produce bettor better stock of all breeds the prevailing activity of the trade will serve to clear away these doubts there Is unquestionably at the present time a keener and more substantial demand tor for registered breeding stock than lias has ever existed heretofore and with this demand there has been a steady advance in values valnes the requirements have become more exacting which has forced higher individual standards and finer discrimination in the matter of blood lines As an illustration of the present conception of values tomson bros a breeding firm carbondale and dover kansas disposed of 40 registered shorthorn calves to W C of tiffin 0 a breeder of high class shorthorns Shor thorns for an average of 0 per head these calves ranged in age from eight to fifteen months with the exception of five short yearling heifers heffers hei fers and with four exceptions were all bred in the tomson herd the entire lot had been selected as an offering for a public sale to be held later in the season but the buyer who has appreciated a constantly growing trade larger than he could supply found in ili those these calves just the type and t tt 8 lines of breeding that he needed nud aud trade made this attractive offer which was accepted demand Is for best breeds ue he stated slated that he would be able to dispose bf them at private sale at a very considerable advance over this 11 figure gure ile he said there was a time thue that he found a ready sale for it a cheaper class of registered cattle but that he h had noted from froin year to year an in cli nation on the part of his buyers to obtain and breed the best available and his trade Is now practically limited to this class mr Rosen bergers experience Is thu this experience of a large number of breed ers nor Is this limited to the shorthorn breed the same tendency prevails among all breeds to a proportionate jex extent tent many farmers who have heretofore handled nothing but grade cattle find and have used inferior bulls STI now novi forced by market condit conditions lors to use a better class of bulls registered sires that the cattle they produce may command a satisfactory valuation when they go to the beet beef markets the tanners farmers who have been breeding breedin grades of a high order and there nr are many such the result of continuous use of registered bulls have come to recognize the advantage of producing full blood or registered cattle and are embarking now along this line then as stated above many who have produced full blood cattle of fairly good type are now turning their attention to the production of cattle of still better type and more dependable mood blood lines it Is a broad general movement toward 1 improved standa standards ads the result of more exacting conditions at the market centers there are so many forces of an educational nature at work now that we may reasonably look forward to a continuous progress along the line of live stock improvement then there Is the cost of production which in itself would inevitably eliminate the inferior live stock standards when land is high and help expensive and grains and forage maintain a price level heretofore unheard of it Is easily conceived that the animal of an indifferent standard can no longer be grown profitably |