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How Many First Borns
In Your Bam?
Have you ever counted the cows
in your milking string that are the
first offspring of their dams? How
many of your 2-year olds produced
a heifer calf that was raised as a
replacement? You may be sur
prised at the number of first off
spring you are milking.
Before we go any further, there
is nothing bad about having the
first offsrping of a heifer in the
milking string. In fact, it might be
quite advantageous. It depends on
how careful you were in selecting
your heifers in the first place, and
then how particular you were to
breed her to a good sire.
The all too common practice on
many dairy farms is to run a
young, unproven bull in with the
heifers of breeding age. It seems
quick and easy, and saves a lot of
hassle in watching for heats, tying
them up, calling the AI in
seminator, etc. But what about the
consequences? How may of these
first calves of unknown quality end
up in the herd?
In a herd that makes a practice
of breeding the heifers to a young
“cow freshener” bull, there may
be several generations of that king
of breeding. The z-year old,
herself out of an unknown sire,
may produce a heifer calf from
another unknown bull mating. This
could continue - ad infinitum - if
you continue the practice.
As many as one-third to one-half
of a herd may be from the young
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unproven sire. Sure, he may be a
bull out of your neighbor’s best
cow, and maybe his sire was a big
name stud. But the chances of
getting offspring comparable to
that of your best AI sires is con
siderably lowered.
You seldom have the time or the
resources to investigate the real
genetic value of a young bull. And
if you do research him thoroughly
and find him to be a really high
indexed, potentially good herd
sire, wouldn’t he be more valuable
doing his thing in a AI stud?
The Cooperative AI bull studs
are better equipped to evaluate
and plan the matings of the future
herd sires than the average
dairyman is, unless that
dairyperson is a real student of
breeding genetics.
Most of us are just too busy doing
the other necessary chores. We
have a tought enough decision in
breeding, when we make a daily
choice among the proven bulls.
Someone with more specialized
expertise has made the first
selection, and then proven then
through DHIA records And Breed
type classification.
Even if you are buying many of
your herd replacements in order to
upgrade the herd, you seldom
choose a cow that is sired by an
unknown sire. Too many of those
critters never get to the sale ring
anyway. You will naturally want to
buy a cow from a well-know sire,
hoping that she will improve the
genetics of your herd.
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it all boils down to the tact that
breeding is made easy for the
average dairy with the large
number of proven, genetically
superior sires that are available
through AI.
Even the Young Sire program
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matings in a Co-op Bull stud has an
excellent chance of reducing the
risk of unproven matings.
All of those young sires have
genetic backgrounds that are far
above average. Nearly any young
bull from a carefully selected
Diameter Weight/ Thickness Lengths Price, F. 0.8.
Inches Lbs. Inches In Stock Quarryville
(Approx.) (Approx.) ______
64 1615 .167(7ga.) 12- 0" *looto 150
64 2312 .167 (7 ga.) 17 -11" *l5O to 250
64 3010 .167 (7 ga.) 23-10” *250 to 350
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120 7700 .240 (Vi”) 20’- 3" *650
120 .240 (Vi”) 24’- 8" *B5O
126 .240 (Vi") 20’- 4" *750
Weight/
Lbs. per ft.
(Approx.)
Diameter
Inches
(IP)
430
Price Per Ft.
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Pipe Size
Inches
* 1.90
* 2.00
* 3.00
* 5.00
* 6.00
* 0.00
* 9.00
* 9.50
10
11
12
13
LACQUER PAINT
Lengths
InStock
Thickness
Inches
(Approx.)
2’thru 11’
Pipe Size
Inches
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of the average good herd.
The same cannot be said of the
average “cow freshener” bull,
especially of first generation cows
from this kind of breeding.
Price, F. 0.8,
Quarryville
•1»/Ft.
Price Per Ft.
FOB Q-Viiie
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*12.00
*13.00
*15.00
*16.00
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*19.00