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ed iiddc i !li i‘ niilk- mil I 1-1
and .1 500(1 set nt i.\. .nul led
Good lea- .uid I'd seem hud
to conk' In in Molsteins Flic
othei tvpe chai actei nlics mo
nice but do.i t seem to me to
add much to a cow’s pi educing
abili‘\ oi lengevi.v
L KNDla—When bu. me a cow to
take the place ol anothei in
the held 1 look loi one that is
abo\c the aveiage of the held
in tvpe and pi eduction and
also the pi ice is consideied
Howtnei most ot the cows in
oui held aie i.used out ot out
own stock choosing onlv tho-e
which come out o. oni beltei
COW s
EBY —roi I’oul , epucemont I
raise? heifeis and Gv rot to
place moie 'hull 6 o. 8 heiieis
in oni heid out of 12 oi 15
which we unse annualh The
suiplus we sell at consignment
sales and puvatelv In select
ing ieolacements we look loi
types which will be Vei\ Good
oi high Good Plus as a nature
animal Foi p'oduct.on we set
oui goal at about 12 000 lbs
of milk in a 2 yem-old We
also tiy to ha\e oui heifeis
fieshen dining the base mak
ing peuod We like oui heifeis
upstanding with a good set of
legs eaih maturing with size
big enough to fieshen as sen
ioi seal lings and aggiessive
eateis
SHELLEXBERGER—When se
lecting a caw fo> leplacement,
we aie always looking foi bet
tei cows We look foi a cow
that is well developed with
good confhmation \ cow that
has good danv chaiactenstics
—good head and top line, deep
bodied with a uigged fiame
with great capacity foi feed
intake This cow must be well
tempered with a pleasing dis
position
Last but most impoitant is
the uddei attachment and teat
placement Noimallj' we hope
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How do >on v'lect vom herd
sue?
MSSLKV—I use \tlantic Bioed
cis Bulls Each \eai 1 choose
thiec pi oven bulls that seem
to best complement my cows
and me them foi !h..t yeai
plus a tew sen ices to young
bulls I nc\ei bleed moie than
about 12 cows to one bull until
he is pi oven in mv held
LAXDIS —In selecting a heid
sue we trv to choose a bull
that inci cases pioduction and
impioves the quaht> of the
cow We use the mateute”
piogiam foi impioving type
We must use 100'r Atlantic
sires, using sevei.il ditleient
sues
EBY —In selecting oui held sues
we aie now using a sue with
high pioduction and a little
less fat as we have a butteifat
aveiage of ovei 40G foi the
past 2Va yeais Also Ins daught
eis must classity well above
bleed aveiage We me watch
ing coloi mai kings as we have
had tiouble with a few black
switches, and almost a black
leg
SHELLENBERGER —For the
most pait we use artificial in
semination However in select
ing a bull foi mating we take
into consideiation the individ
ual cow and tiy to impiove on
her weak points For example
—lf we have a high producing
cow with a pooi fore uddei,
we select a sue who is strong
in this point Thus we hope to
come up with an improved cow
ovei the dam
r f •*
GROWTHY HEIFERS. John M. Niss- herd that has a rolling herd average o\ er
ley. Bambndge RD #l. looks over a 600 pounds of butterfat and last year had a
group of his replacement heifers. The D.H.I.A. average on 38.3 cows of 16,965
heifers are future cows in Nissley’s dairy pounds of milk and 629 pounds of butterfat.
L. F. Photo
In selecting a held sue foi
natuial seivice, we choose a
cow family with good type and
pioduction along with the abil
ity to tiansnut these qualities
on to hei piogeny
Would you please describe your
calf-raising program?
NISSLEY—CaIves aie taken
fiom the dam usually aftei si\
oi eight iiouis They are then
given a shot of antibiotics and
vitamins and put into individ-
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