—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 19,1971 26 Brown Swiss Breeders' Sets Up International Beef Branch The Brown Swiss Cattle Bree ders’ Association of America, one of the world’s leading dairy re gistry organizations, has branch ed into the beef business In recent special session, the Association’s Board of Directors assisted in setting up Brown Swiss Beef International, Inc. for the specific purpose of iccording and registering the offspring of Brown Swiss bulls used in beef cattle crossbreeding and upgrad ing programs The new beef program is close ly associated with the Brown Swiss Association in order to take full advantage of the latter’s experience in recording pedi gree, performance and progeny data. As a bonus advantage, the tie in will prevent duplication of fa cilities, since the Association will continue to expand activities for the improvement and promotion of registered Brown Swiss dairy cattle AERIAL LADDER EQUIPT. FARM PAINTERS WE USE QUALITY PAINT. WE SPRAY IT ON AND BRUSH IT IN. Free Estimates HENRY K. FISHER 2322 Old Phila. Pike Lancaster, Pa. 17602 Phone 717-393-6530 Today’s cows are capable of high level production often as much as 2,000 lbs. more milk per cow per year than they are producing. PIONEER feeds and feeding programs can help you get those extra tons of milk from your cows. Challenge your herd. Feed the PIONEER way . . . find out how good your herd really is. Stop in and see us. WE’LL help you develop an all around management for profit program that will put profit dollars in your pocket. S ELMER M. SHREINER Trading as Good’s Feed Mill Specializing in DAIRY & HOG FEEDS New Providence, Pa. ! ! , Phone 786-2500 The decision to break tradition more beef per acre per cow and set up separate beef herd This extra milk advantage is so books stemmed from the excel- strong that Marvin L. Kruse, lent results obtained through Secretary of the Brown Swiss ciossing Brown Swiss bulls on Association, predicts “a big mar beef cows in all parts of the ket for the producer who breeds country. FI and three quarter blood Brown Swiss cattle are excel- Brown Swiss x beef heifers and lent grazers. They have long records the min the Brown Swiss been noted for structurally- Beef International Cross seuun type—notably snug udders Record.” and strong feet and legs. Two* alternatives are available Crossbred Brown Swiss steers have consistently sold at prices matching those of straight beef breeds Carcass quality and cut ability have been highly com parable The biggest single advantage from using Brown Swiss bulls on beef cows, however, stems from the superiority of the re sulting FI heifers as' breeding stock. Typically big and excep tionally fertile, they usually calve with ease. Their extra milk out put adds weight to their calves and makes it possible to produce iduiUu-fyoHS MR. -PAJRYMAN! BUILD YQUB T-FOR-PROFIT RAM AROUND NEER FEEDS... to cattlemen interested in using Brown Swiss bulls for cross bieeding and for upgrading Brown Swiss beef animals There is a plentiful supply of registered Brown Swiss bulls available for natural service, according to Kruse, or a rancher can choose among the many top-notch Brown Swiss sires available through various artificial breed ing organizations. The new Corporation will main tain two complete sets of records in the development of Brown Swiss for beef purposes One will be known as the Brown Swiss Beef Purebred Registry and the other as Brown Swiss Beef Cioss Record Registration in the “Purebred Registry” shall extend and be available to (1) males and fe males from registered Brown Swiss cows, (2) females from Identity Enrollment Biown Swiss cows, (3) males that are grand sons of Identity Enrollment Brown Swiss cows, (4) all fe males having not less than 7 s Brown Swiss blood and (5) all bulls having not less than 15/16 Brown Swiss blood, provided that the sire in each case is a re gistered Brown Swiss bull or a registered Brown Swiss Beef bull and the dam of the % fe males and 15/16 bulls are re corded in the Brown Swiss Beef Cross Record. Recording in the “Cross Re cord” shall extend to all per centage females having less than Ts but no less than Vz Brown Swiss or Brown Swiss Beef blood, provided that these fe males are sired by a registered Brown Swiss or a registered Brown Swiss Beef bull. It is CASE WINDROWER SALE Large P Departm Means L Down Ti: Ask About Leasing Any Of Our Fine Line Of Pull Type 7 or 9 Ft. Machines. KINZER EQUIPMENT CO. Box 23, Kinzer, Pa. pioposed that the new organize- B Thomas, Prane Grove, Ark tion will, however, accept any fe- ansas males in the Cross Record carry- Present plans call for early mg no less than Vz Brown Swiss employment of a Director of blood up to December 31, 1971.. Brown Swiss Beef Promotion to Established beef and dairy work in the areas of advertising, breeds or any crosses thereof sales and membership. Mean may be used as foundation cows, while, those wishing to become Temporary officicers of the Charter Members of the newly new Corporation have been elec- formed group ore urged to con ted and will serve until the first tact Marvin L. Kruse, Brown annual meeting. They are John Swiss Beef International, Inc., S. Maxson, Dallas, Texas, Presi- Box 10381, Beloit, Wisconsin dent; George- W. Opperman, 53511. Manning, lowa, vice president; Information on the Brown and Marvin L. Kruse, Beloit. Swiss breed including a brochure Wisconsin, secretary-treasurer, on the use of registered Brown The incorporators, in addition to Swiss bulls for crossbreeding the officers, are Hiroshi Tatey- in beef production is available ama, Ault, Colorado and Daniel upon request to the Secretary. NEW MODEL CASE 655 Where King-Size Service Is Our Thanks To You Your Equipment Center in Lancaster County M BUILT 3800 Phone 442-4186 ojr ' 1 ONLY (Two Only)
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