Show Top Hereford Bull Leased By Cache V Valley Breeders Breeder LOGAN A Hereford bull that last ast year carried the top gain gainin in the nation of all bulls bulls bulls' on oni i performance rf registry tests has I been acquired for breeding by Cache Valley Breeding Association Association Association tion J. J Elmo Packer manager announced Monday 1 i The bull named Beau Panama Panama Panama Pana Pana- ma 61 is available for use of the associations association's member cattle growers in six intermountain tain states Mr 11 Packer said He is on lease to the association from his owner William Villiam B. B Ellis Cascade Montana 1 breeder After delivering the bull to the Logan barns bains of the association association association tion recently Mr 11 Ellis told the performance testing story and the abilities of the bull to about 50 officials and o 0 other t th 11 e r I livestock men from Utah Idaho and Wyoming who gathered to see the new sire Among them were Leonard Jensen Keith Malmgren and andRay andRay Ray Rny Cox Mr 11 Ellis has been a leader in the field of performance testing testing testing test test- ing in beef cattle cooperating with the Montana Extension Service in its pioneer work in careful testing and record keeping keeping keeping keep keep- ing to determine ine such factors as rate of gain feed efficiency and weaning and yearling weight index Careful attention to these factors factors factors fac fac- tors can increase a cattle raisers raiser's raisers raiser's raisers raiser's rais rais- ers er's prof profits ls as much as 25 percent percent percent per per- cent without his adding anymore anymore any more moie cattle or using any more feed Mr Ellis claims He is vice-president vice of Performance Registry International official organization for performance re regIstry registry registry re- re tests which has offices at Canyon Texas Beau Panama 61 hell he'll be known by the common barn title of X 8 at had a gain index of last year This means Mr Packer explained that his daily rate of gain was 40 percent greater than the av average average average av- av of other animals tests and his competition was a selected group of high quality stock He has a type or conformation rating rating rating rat rat- ing of Average 1 the highest rating lating given by the international His sire is Beau Domino also on lease from Mr Ellis to for the past year a progeny progeny progeny pro pro- geny tested sire that is guaranteed guaranteed guaranteed guar guar- to be free from dwarfism dwarfism dwarfism dwarf- dwarf ism Mr Packer said He lie added added added add add- ed that the new bull comes from froman an outstanding cow family in Mr 11 Ellis' Ellis herd that has a piling up of rapid gain traits His first crop of calves will willbe will willbe be on performance test at Mr Ellis' Ellis ranch this fall and nd win win- ter This crop consists of about about about a- a bout 30 calves In UIn contrast now that he is at home at thousands of livestock raisers can now use this famous sire to raise their theil beef production Mr P Packer a 1 C k e r declared Performance testing can mean extra profits for the breeder and it follows through to mean extra profits for lor the feeder who can market uniform calves that have reached peak marketability ity in one group Use of a performance tested bull such as the one just ac acquired acquired acquired ac- ac by is highly im important important im- im because rate of gain is isa a characteristic that is 70 percent percent percent per per- cent heI heritable That is 70 per percent percent percent cent of the sires sire's calves will have rate of gain traits equal to or better than the sires he explained Mr Ellis told a group of of officIals officials of- of of the cooperative and other livestock men as he de delivered delivered delivered de- de livered the bull to Logan that he has received a five per cent-per- pound premium price for his performance tested feed feeder r calves In addition his calves calve will weigh 50 pounds more at weaning and 00 pounds more as yearlings than the average He said he would put users of Beau Panama 61 in touch with feeders who could be expected to pay premium prices for his calves Cache Valley Breeding Association Association Association Asso Asso- is a cooperative which provides artificial insemination service to dairy daily and beef beel cattle raisers in Utah most of Idaho and Wyoming and parts of Ne Nevada Nevada Nevada Ne- Ne vada Colorado and New Mexico |