Breed Better Animals, Angus Men Told (Continued from Page 18) cient bulls whether all his cus tomers are demanding them or not, according to George Strat hearn, a commercial cattleman and manager of the Grand Na tional Livestock Show at the Cow Palace in San Francisco Strathearn also said that in selecting for increased size muscling must not be overlook ed. “Those long, narrow light muscled cattle won’t help the Angus breed,” he said, “and waiting for a bull to gi ow into a heavily muscled animal at two or three years of age is no good. Muscle is rauscale and cattle have to be born with it If a bull isn’t the right kind at ser vice age it isn’t likely that the Full Range Of Bin Sizes And Styles 6 models 28 sizes 6,7, 9 and 12 foot diameteis Capacities range fi om 3 to 55 tons Completely Galvanized Bin Eveiy part, from lid to boot, including legs and biaces, is fully galvanized. 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I, Willow'Street are looking for more size and stretch in their cattle and many are willing to pay for it Com mercial breeders will pay from $6OO to $lOOO for the right kind of bulls,” he concluded. Management efficiency and proper use of production re coids were studied at George Fox’s Rafter F Ranch near Cambridge, Kansas. Fox told now rigid culling with the help of AHIR records has helped him breed better cattle “We cull the bottom 15 to 20 per cent of our cows every year on production,” Fox said “This has helped us increase average weaning weights by 10 per cent or moie since we started using records, and we now get better Brock Builds a Better Bin HERR Ground Level Operated Lid Lid opens or closes easily with the pull of a chain Precision Fabrication A new plant using the latest manufactui mg methods pi o duces a moie accmately punched, moie beautifully foim ed, easily elected bin Brock Auger Delivery System A single motor deliveiy system for poultry, hog and cattle feeding Brock Leadership Brock leads all oth' You aie yeais / ii. *t diAca , ‘III WE SERVICE; AND INSTALL EQUIPMENT, INC. 1 717-464-3321 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 13,1971—27 than a 90 per cent calf crop running under piactical range conditions ” While Fox luns registeied cows more like commercials, the Bill Barnett herd near Bow ring, Oklahoma, the next stop on the Tour, was just the op posite He makes his living sole ly from 200 head of commei cial cows and luns them much like a legistered herd He shoots for both top pay weights and premium prices His cows are chained and he keeps com plete production recoids on the herd and has for years. The cows trace back to the famous John Kilbie herd that was also bred for top produc tion with the help of records bin business 10 Sizes. -Tj 2 Models His calves aveiage 550 pounds pay weight, and many top 600 pounds He uses only produc tion tested bulls. One of th« newest came from Bob Hait ley’s Spui Ranch at Vimta, Oklahoma, which was the next tour stop. Hartley, through the use of records and a comprehensive breeding and selection pro gram, has been able to increase weaning weights on his regis tered cattle an average of 50 pounds a calf since 1960 and has boosted his average bull test gains from 2 5 to 3 pounds per day up to 3 5 to even 4 pounds per day. At the ranch the crowd studied a set of 1,100 to 1,200 pound cows from each of three herd bulls as well as 1,000- pound two-yeai-old heifers and 700 to 900-pound yeailing heif eis whose weaning weights ranged from 450 to 579 pounds. At beautiful Island Fai ms the largest crowd of the Toui studi ed the herd and in paiticular a bull that is being tested now as a potential ceitified meat sire. They also paiticipated ma uni que “Seven Steps to Angus Pro gress” demonstiation that cov ered all phases of beef cattle management fiom production records and classification to meats judging to freeze brand ing foi identification Emphasizing that no cattle man can be successful without also being a top judge of Angus type, was the National Angus Judging Seminar The importance of this por tion of the piogram, however, was to make an in depth study of beef cattle judging Each judge had to defend his plac mgs in the five classes of heif ers and bulls and at times the concensus of the crowd didn’t agiee with the concensus of the official judges An important point that emerged fi om the discussion was that both the crowd and judges saw the cat tle alike and recognized the same weaknesses and strong points Because of their indivi dual piefeiences, however, they placed them differ ently in class. Both the ciowd and the offi cials did indicate pieference for longer, tallei cattle that showed plenty of gi owth poten tial It stiongly demonstrated that judging is only one man’s opinion, that it is not the final woid, but should be used as just another guide to herd im piovement and piomotion. ihe Oldiimex, “One good place to study ancient history is in the doc* tor's wailing room.” LLOYD H. KREIDER Auctioneer end Sales Manager 330 West Slate St. Box 2 RDI Quarryville, Pa 17566 Ph: 786-3394
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