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Serai Cows Vs. Arristocrate Ones Recently a number of Wilkes County farmers along with Coun ty Agent, Paul Choplin, visited the Southeastern Artificial Breed ing stud near Asheville. Mr. Maury Gaston, Field Representa tive of the organisation showed us the twenty-four bulls at the stud and spoke with a great deal of pride when speaking of each animal, giving the farmers the pedigrees of these animals and the high production records ol their daughters. Each of these bulls is a registered aristocrat who ranks in the upper two pei emit of his breed and some in dividual bulls rank in the upper one per cent. They definitely have proved' their ability to produce daughters that greatly outproduce their dams. This is one of the most signif icant movements in agriculture in North Carolina today. This story is one of collaboration between private enterprise, the extension service, and county farmer-con trolled associations in a pace setting that foretells tremendous progress in the breeding of dairy cattle. This is not only true with a large dairy herd but even for the operator with only a family cow. If the farmers of Wilkes County will take advantage of this program it will be one of those progressive milestones in the improvement of the dairy in dustry in the county. In North Carolina, there are 47 Tarheel counties that have active artificial insemination as sociations receiving semen from Southeastern. In fact, it was through the initiative of the North Carolina Extension Service and of James G. K. McClure, general manager of the Farmers Federa tion Cooperative, that the Ashe ville stud was established on Jan uary 1, 1948. These agricultural leaders were interested in increas ing the dairy industry of the state from $60 million per year to a goal of $125 million. Also, they were seeking means to produce within the state some of the 68 million pounds of fluid milk us ually imported each year. Greater WELL DRILLING Of Different Sizes We can drill in any kind of formation Royal J. Russell Route 2 Pores Knob, N. C. ATTENTION CHICKEN RAISERS! Let as explain the time nriig, Work Saving and Money Saving1 Features of Brooding With? PYROFAX GAS DICK'S GAS & APPLIANCE CO. East Main Street NORTH WILRESBORO, N. C. "BILL DING'S" Business is BUILDING Business KJOW don9 wait until A W/NO HOWLS ? AND BLOWS AWAY HALF OF YOUR GOOF HEY/1 RE-ROOF NOW With JOHNS-MANVILLE s 1 production per cow by upgrading i of small herds was one necessary i step in reaching the goal. 'Oiat'j I why J. R. Prentice, owner of the ! Indiana stud and long a promi i' nent figure of the American Dairy ;! Cattle Club, was approached tc establish the stud at Asheville. It was felt that quicker and sura results could be achieved from the experience and know-how oi an already established organ! ,'zation, and especially from (me | that insisted upon such standards ,for bulls maintained in its stud | How do they get these outstand ing sires? U. N. Dietrick is one | of the experts who is responsible I for locating~and evaluating possi i ble replacements. With a back ! ground as an inseminator in Ohio land with three years' experience 'in establishing two bull studs in Greece under the auspices of the American Near East Foundation and UNRA, Dietrick is a man who well knows what is required of a good sire. As he explains it, here's [how sires are selected: '^When the associations' men start looking for bulls, they go out after proved sires and proved sires only. When a likely bull is located, the first step is to in vestigate production records. D. H. I. A. (Dairy Herd Improve ment Association) records are used. No selection of records is done. Every normal record of ' every daughter born and tested, as well as all records of their dams, go into the proof. The as sociations have as their standard for bulls to be used in index of 500 pounds butterfat on twice daily milking in 305 days on a i mature equivalent basis. This in tdex is based upon a proof involv ? ing 10 or more dam-daughter comparisons. Many times this 'standard could be met by elimi nation a daughter or two or a few records. This is never done. "The second step is to inspect daughters, and a distinct effort ; is made to see all milking daugh ters no matter how widely scat , tered. Particular note is made of udders and udder attachments, for they must have fine, well-attached udders to stand continued high production over a period of years. Type, otherwise, need only be reasonable. "The third step is to inspect the bull. He need not be a good individual. No one can tell by looking at a bull how his daugh ters will appear or produce. An old bull is generally not hand some anyway. His past history I in settling cows is checeked by a 'competent veterinarian. A bull so selected is not only healthy, but from the standpoint of transmitt ing ability will have an index placing him in the top 2 per cent or higher of the breed he repre 1 sents. If, when this is all done, the bull seems good enough to come into the stud the fourth and final step is to make a full report of the findings to the associations' advisory committee on bulls. Whenever it is possible for them to do so, members of the commit tee visit the farms where the bull's daughters are being milked and decide, on the spot, whether or not the bull should be added to the stud." Farmers who patronize the Wilkes Cooperative Artificial Breeding Association pay $6.00 a service for each cow which covers three services if necessary. For each service beyond the third, a charge of $2.50 is made. Farmers may become members of the as sociation at $2.00 per herd phis 60 cents for each cow in the herd. This membership fee is paid only once. Mr. Roby Rhodes of the Hays community is the technician who does the work. The Wilkes County farmers who organised the association elected the following men as directors: President, C. C. Alexander of Roaring River; Vice-President, C. J. Hendren of Pores Knob; Secre tary and Treasurer, F. W. Davis of iWilkesboro?Directors: C. W. El ledge, of Hays, Irvin Key of Wilkesboro and Eli Sebastian of Ronda, W. K. Sturdivant of North Hays. This organization and program belongs to the Wilkes County farmers. It is up to them indi vidually to take advantage of this excellent breeding service. With lower milk prices being paid at present it is all the more neces sary that a farmer increase his efficiency in production. Anyone desiring this service may tele phone 192, or notify your milk hauler. t J. P. CHQPLIN County Agent 3 Big Land Sales To Be Held Oct. 20 Penny Brothers will condact sales of three valuable real estate properties Thursday, October 20, In North Wilkesboro and Mora vian Falls. The first sale, at one p. m., will be the two-story store build ing on the southwest corner of Main and Sixth streets (Blair corner). - , The second sale at two p. m. will include several residences and good business lots in and near North Wilkesboro. The third sale, at three p. in. will be an entire block of busi ness property in the heart of Moravian Falls. Further details are contained in the advertise ment on page 8 of this news paper. Support The Scouts Do Your Floors NEED COVERING? Mr. R. C. Goodwin will be happy to furnish estimates. ASPHALT OR RUBBER TILS INLAID LINOLEUM MASONITE WALLBOARD WALL LINOLEUM Ideal Furniture Co. B STREET TEL. 1M JONES NAMED , DIVISION HEAD Eugene Jones of Elkin was elected Saturday to the presi dency of the Seventh Armored Division at a national convention held in New York City. Mr. Jones, who is the author 1 of a history of his outfit, is a native of Elkin and has made his home there for the past three years. He succeeds Claude Garland, a former company commander ,'n the 17th tank battalion of the division, to the presidency. ' Other officers included Glenn R. Fackler, Detroit, vice presi dent; Johnnie Walker, Bergen field, N. J., treasurer, and the Rev. L. H. Keating, Downey, 111., chaplain. NOTICE TO CREDITORS OP MOORE'S MEAT MARKET Notice is hereby given that the partnership formerly existing be tween L. H. Hollar and M. C. Hollar under the firm name of Moore's Meat Market, has been dissolved by the death of L. H. Hollar on the 4th day of April, 1949. 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