| Show open Herd books to best cattle aft dairy associations overlooking means of improving their breeds prepared by th tho 0 united states ta t es department of 0 agriculture cul t ure dairy breed associations in the united states state 1 ae are overlooking an important means of Ini improving provin g their respective spec tive breeds in keeping their herd hooks books closed to the many unregistered high producing cows of excellent type according to 0 E B reed chief of the bureau of dairy industry united states department of agriculture before the annual convention of the holstean friedlan association in n philadelphia mr reed suggested the ilie desirability of the national breed asso associations clat lons giving come some study to setting up a system of registry which will permit entering in the herd books unregistered animals that have reached a high degree of purity for a high hilgh level of production seems like rank heresy mr air reed admitted this suggestion might seem like lice rank heresy to those who have not thought the proposition through but he called attention to the fact that all ai cattle now registered sprang from the common herd moreover he cited figures showing the very slight difference existing between the production of unregistered and registered commercial herds today of cows tabulated by the bureau of dairy industry were grades and were registered the grades he said produced pounds of milk and pounds of butterfat a year on OD the average while the registered cattle averaged pounds of milk and pounds of butterfat a difference of only pounds of milk and 19 pounds of but ter fatin favor of the registered cattle new system Is favored there are many unregistered animals of great productive capacity and excellent type in the united states today that could be made use of in our breeding operations with profit he said A system of registering such animals has plenty of backing and it can be made genetically sound great britain holland and other countries famous for their fine herds and flocks have used such a system in the post past and still follow the practice of admitting animals that have oliree to five top crosses of registered sires in discussing the plan mr reed pointed out that it would not menn mean an immediate wholesale registration of grade cattle if only three top crosses were required for the registration of females and nil all first c nives calves in the crosses were females which Is i improbable able he be stated it would take ten years to get a female registe registered reC in the herd book |
