Show SUPERIORITY OF PUREBRED LIVE LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK STOCK SHOWN BY RECENT INQUIRY II II III III III II I II I t II IBy Wy D D. D 8 S. Burch Bureau of Animal Industry In Industry In- In United States Department of Agriculture I Purebred live stock has about 40 per cent greater earning power apart from its breeding or sale value than scrub stock The superiority of ot purebreds on a utility basis is due principally to Better Detter conformation and quality Increased In Inv creased production more economical production and earlier maturity When purebred sires are used to improve improve Improve Im im- prove farm live stock th the offspring Is Ismore Ismore ismore more salable than that of purebred non-purebred r SL q s White Rock Cockerel a Prize Winner sires and brings brt nearly CO CiO per cent greater returns The foregoing are a l few results of ofa a n recent Inquiry conducted by the bureau sureau of animal Industry United States DI D Department of Agriculture ThE Th figures are based on about head of breeding stock owned b by experIenced experienced stock live owners Besides the same persons own fowls on which the poultry results are based All of these stockmen have for several years an years an average of at nine used nine used purebred purebred pure- pure bred jred sires to head their herds berds and flocks More than that about 30 per percent percent percent cent of their female stock has been purebred A small proportion of the remaIning females are arc scrubs the others others others oth oth- ers being grades and Thus the persons furnishing g the Department with their experiences were vere in a posItion position post post- tion to supply dependable information Figures Are Conservative The figures mentioned were obtained during the last part of 1021 1921 in a perio perlo peri- peri o oc of marked depression in the livestock livestock live lIve- stock industry PaltI Partly for that reason reason rea rca son they are considered conservative even though pointing to an unusually high value of purebreds over common common common com com- mon stock The Time purpose of obtaining this new Information was to supply an increasing increasing ing demand for tor facts of of greater scope than single time short-time observations With the development of the Federal Federal- State campaign for Better Detter Sires Sires Sires- Better Detter Stock the time Department has re- re r 1 Character Soundness and Good Con Con- formation an unusually large number of requests asking what purebreds can cando cando cando do for the man mau who does not aspire to become a n specialized d breeder What can I expect from purebred sires or from both purebred sires and dams as ns a utility proposition 1 That II Is essentially what scores o of thoughtful thought thought- ht- ht ful Cui people want to know Superiority of Purebreds The superiority based on utility of ot purebred over o common stock is evident from the following figures Superior Earning Power Class Per cent Dairy Cattle Poultry Swine Sheep Horses Horses 37 Beef Cattle Goats Average for tor all aU classes 9 weighted 40 04 The relatively high percentages representing representing representing rep rep- resenting the earning power of well well- bred dairy cattle and poultry over o scrubs are explained doubtless by the greater facilities for keeping production production tion records of these classes of lIvestock live livestock livestock stock thereby contributing to their Improvement A Profitable Investment The average reported Increase In financial returns from stock live operations oper oper- traceable to the use of at purebred purebred purebred pure pure- bred sires was per cent This result includes the returns from both the sale of breeding stock stork and of animals animals ani ani- mals and products for market The data appear to show v exclusively that well bred animals are good property not simply for the time experienced breeder breed breed- er but for every farmer willing to give them the proper care and opportunity to prove their worth The bureau has abundant evidence corroborating this belief One farmer relates that the Impelling force which prompted him to acquire purebreds was the need for more Income HEr He lie r reasoned that ownership of purebreds was not the proverbial wealthy mans man's diversion but the poor mans man's necessity lie He obtained the best foundation stock stockA A Purebred Sow within his means and gave gaye It good care It Increased his returns per cen cent t. t While there are n numerous m rous similar cases and frequent greater grauter successes the general averages mentioned are presented as the best indication of profits to be I reasonably expected BrIe Briefly good pur purebreds redS redS' are ore more efficient effi eill- cleat clent than other stock but their earning earning earning earn earn- ing power in each ench case depends on tw two I chief factors factors 1 1 Their own quality and 2 the human buman factor especially skill In management The Time evidence gathered by the the Department t shows that stock live owners are becoming more marc and more insistent on records of production as a means of at distin distin- distinguishing desirable purebreds from tram those of or less merit The Inquiry shows hows that for the most part purebred animals of good type are readily obtainable But special requirements or a n desire for the thc less common breeds generally involve some dl difficulties and higher prices About 98 per cent of at the pur purebred bred stock livestock owners reporting to the Department Department De De- were satisfied both with the purebreds themselves and the progeny except when they expressed the desIre desire desire de de- sire for still sUI better stock As one breeder breed breed- er explained the time desire for improvement improvement Improvement improve Improve- ment Is necessary for progress A Afew Afew Afew few had Imad unfortunate experience with purebreds of at Inferior InterIor quality and pointed point point- ed out the need for making selections with great cane cae Practically all reports reports reports re re- re- re ports agreed on the principle that superior superior su su- quality among purebreds themselves themselves themselves them them- selves Is s Invariably worth a higher cost w 4 r r I F FIn In Breeding for Dairy Cows Cow It I Is la Important to Have a Purebred Sire Sire Sire-He He Represents Represent Half the Value of the tho Herd From a Breeding Standpoint in Fields Produce your own In the te I legume fields Spells Spell Prosperity One way for tor the farmer Carmer to 0 spell peU prosperity Is v e e t a-t t o 0 ok ck |