THE FOUNTAIN HEAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 901, 22 August 1910, Page 10

THE FOUNTAIN HEAD.

//.THE BULL IN.THE HERD.' """ ://:•'/:>;-.'./- ——. .■•■'.• I ;' ; i, Alwavs consider the bull as' the fountain head of your herd (says "Hoard's _, Dairyman"). Spare.no expense to get ■.'..the' : besfc .hull obtainable every timet ',/■ you /purchase. Follow'this rule just the ■; same <: with a grade herd as you would '<■■ ..with :.'a puro bred. One great. reason "'. /why/wo :,seo so many poor .grade, cattle. : ■; is because farmers >.- hayo.',;'so.; generally followed the idea that '-. any sort.'of 'a bull-wpiild do for a grade herd. It will •'■ be-, impossible- to, keep back the work of ■/rapid''improvement in any. herd if tho :; owner ;fouows: strictly the rule of, buying the'" best bull he can get-iand weed- . ing but ibe poor cows. He/will.be'.'as-' .' tonished 'at .how quickly ;tho yield- 'of :. his "', herd' increases if he follows this . plari:/.Hero is an instance of the powerful influence of a great sire upon a grado- herd of cows: In the early seventies Robert Huston, of: Kenosha '•-■ Couuty,- Wis., brought -the. Jersey bull/Victor Hugo, from Canada to,his farm.'. This bull was one of tho ..pro-) •genitors of the famous St. Lambert family-of Jerseys. After Mr. Huston : • had him he never had the opportunity of being bred to any registered females; All of his" breeding was with grade' Shorthorn and native cows. Yet .-,• .his daughters proved to be among the ; . -finest grade cows we have ever seen. - Mr. Huston's herd was a . famous one , at that period in Wisconsin. Victor' Hugo was about the. ugliest tempered bull we ever knew. -"■ High '/ temper is an indication of tho prepotent '/'power iii breeding. Some of :.-• the best sires in the world have been •:'■• lacrific'ed right ■in their prime because they grew'ugly, 'when it would have been, weir worth while to havo borne with them' mnch longer for the safe of tb« cows thoy could' produce. Such / bulls'need hard work every day, to keep down • their . superabundant energy. Nothing tames high-tempered horses and bulls liko plenty of hard work.

■ The Feilding and Manawatu A. and JP. Associations have decided to combine to give a. banquet to, Mr. ,E!'■ Shdrt.'"oii. te return'from the' ■Assotiitioii.