Show free DA Y SELECTING SIRE FOR DAIRY breeds standing at the front in this country are holstein Holst eln jersey guernsey and ayrshire re in choosing the sire choose ono one from any dairy breed chiel may be preferred f a the straight dairy breeds that stand in the front in this country are the 11 Holst eln jersey ayrshire and guernsey there are other good dairy breeds but these are the tour four oldest and best beat of all the choice being made dont change the breed from which the sire Is ia chosen and exercise great oare care in choosing the sire the individual of a good dairy sire elre cannot be given in detail here b but u t two of these will be mentioned because they are in 4 a sense indispensable the first Is the evidences of much stamina and bodily vigor the second Is an amplitude of soft skin 4 splendid type for head of dairy herd on the underline in rant of the testicles distinctly traceable milk velna veins and miniature teats of good size elze and wide spacing the performance of the ancestry of the bull should bu bo examined the more good performers in the upward line of ancestry the better good performance on the part of ancestral dams means the giving of largo large quantities of milk rich in quality and pers persistence istance in milk giving for a long period the successive sires should be chosen from the same breed it chosen from another breed disturbing factors are inevitable this may not be apparent at the first but it will later the antagonism likely to result cannot be explained here by adhering to this line of breeding the improvement should be rapid and continuous at least for several generations i but the improvement will be less noticeable with each succeeding generation |