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Show TO ELIMINATE SCRUB BULLS Campaign Started hy Wisconsin Farn era to Use Only Purebred Sires-Record Sires-Record In One County. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) Wisconsin dairymen and farmers, desirous of increasing their profits and adding still greater honors to their already al-ready famous dnlry etate, have Joined In a state-wide campaign to eliminate the scrub bull and use only purebred ! sires. The record made last year 1b the Brown County Cow-Testing association' asso-ciation' typifies the merits of purebred bulls and illustrates why farmers and A Sire of Good Quality. dnlrymen will not tolerate the scrub. tu this association 12 cows qualified for the register of production. All of these cows were daughters of purebred pure-bred sires, six of them being daughters of one sire. The five best herds In the association are headed by purebred sires, while the five poorest herds are all headed by grade or scrub sires. The herds of those farmers who used purebred sires , averaged 85 pounds more fat a cow than those using grades or scrubs. Last year eight of the members mem-bers purchased purebred sires of known breeding to replace their scrubs. |
