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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1921-03-18, Page 1'ta T9JaVaesa a s • • ;, he Battle Lasts Our Terrific fight against time will continue for another two weeks. By arrangement with our tandlorda we are pernitted to remain in the store until the 1st of Alai). We have a tremendous stock to clear in mph short time and you may believe there is to be a Sensational Bargain Show, Spectacular Tumbling its Places will provide the greatest thrill ever experienced by a !Mediating public -a real valedictorian price smash- ing entertainment for the old store, and every man, woman and child is invited to attend. All these lines of Wearing Apparel will be priced away below manufacturer's coat: Here's What You May Choose: Men's and Boys' Suit. Men's and Boys' Overcoats. Men's and Boys' Raincoats. Women's Winter and New Spring Coats. Girls' Coats. Men's ,Trousers. Boys' Knickers. Men's and Boys' Hats and _Caps. Men's, Boys', and Women's Sweaters Men's and Boys' Shtrts for dress or work. Sox, Neckwear, Gloves. Overalls, Smocks, and all lines Wearing Apparel. The Prices on all these lines are away be- low what they will be this Summer and next Fall. Come and see for yourself. .-TliFiefATED - PURE-BREDs . ,..,. IResirieta Cif all kinds hai; 'bad. i gay ride on ie merry-go-20*nd of :rilng apriees during the mist 'four ayeitia, &II along tt was M.Wad in a ,tliagists 'way that the dizzy whirl of sapeeaUtion it tooklusthrough could i = t last, and there was. much earnest , eethertation to the Other fellow about .tites Miquite of his course and the Itileafality of letting back to atakt neetnal procedure. But no one paid much bead, for it wail a comfortable to believe that the false pros- y of inflated prices and cheap 4idney last a little longer, any - es bow, and might even be permanent I in the particular line in which each of us happened to be engaged. Then the merry-go-round came to a sudden stop, far ready credits, the fuel that bad •propelled ft, were ex- hausted. The giddy ride was done, and it has left all whet participated with a blank sort of where -are -we -feeling, which was quite to be ex- pected but by no meatus pleasant. The purebred dairy -cow business has been no exception to this whirl of speculative inflation, nor is it any ex- ception to the present general de- preasion of markets and prices. The level of prices has perhaps not drop- ped so far as with some other things, but demand for the higher classes of - dairy stock at least is in rather a state of suspended animaticin. While war prices for farm and dairy products were giving farmers and dairymen more than a normal income to spend, - pure-bred stock moved briskly; much of it changing hands at figures that would only have been gasped at a few years back. But now the market for all raw foodstuffs is . sagging to old levels, and the prospective buyer of pure-breds is asking: "A,re these high-priced anaemia really worth the money?" Often deciding that they are the latter, he shies off, for the speculative fever of the past three or four years has been pretty well starved out of his financial system by the sudden switch to a diet of low prices and dearer money. The prospective tuyer, looking round a bit finds evidence that much sion a high-priced stock not only ie a speculation now but -has been such all along. There is perhaps an example in his own neighborhood, some young .man who hasbought into the pure- bred business at prides which he Mande no show of recovering on the basis of deflated markets for stock, uch as we. face now, and errata! prices for dairy products. There are ,plenty of caaes of 'this' ked aud, Isf therasarrestfild .brushiefillt` luie they are ilst,400aus feeder, but rather are -examples of what the recent whirl of speculation bas 'done in all lines, they are none -the less regrettable,- for they react unfavor- ably on the pure-bred business as a whale. Every such ,beginner who fails, or who can hang on only by years of - profitless toil, is a bad advertisement for purebreds and for 'dairying. He makes the work of getting his neigh- bors to take up good steak just so much harder, -for they wilt skeptically point out his Case as proof that they are better off with conunon cows and dada methods of managing them. Thus every substantial 'breeder suf- fers from the manipulations of the pure-bred speculator. • This is not intended as a criticism of general pure-bred.prices. That is a matter regarding which no general rule can, be laid down. Animals of the same blood lines may vary great- ly in value. One class of breeders have stock so highly developed that their buyers naturally are other breeders who can afford to pay lib- erally for the right animal.. This; second class of breeders in turn find their market among the dairymen and farmers- . The real constructive work for the breed is generally done by the -first clas of breeders, and their/ work merlts appropriate reward. The other elate • are also doing some con- structive work, or should be, and at the tame time are performing a distributive function, especially in the _Risking of bulls,which requires that prices be kept withfn limits that farmers can pay and get back by sale of dairy products. Unfortunately this ideal of .the business bas been much vie/feted during the past years of general speculative activity. The beginner has in many cases .been enticed into. the business, not with the idea of building a sound enterprise through the years, but -with the notion that he could buy a high-prieed cow with a high-priced record and get his money back with a big profit by selling a calf or two from her at similar prices. He has been made to believe that if he would put money enough into stock he could start in where the big, successful breeders have arrived through years of constructive work. This is a matter more serious than fake sales. It is, in fact, a cause of fake sales,' since it creates the neces- sity of holding prices up to artificial levels in order that those who buy animals for more than they are worth can sell on the same basis. It is a situation that puts a feverish, unstable note In the whole pure-bred businees. • The only way really to get any- where with purebreds is to start modestly, with a limited- number of moderate -priced animals of good breeding -aa good breeding as San be obtained for a naiderate price -- and build soundly for the future. The beginner should count on paying his way from the sale of dairy products, and he should realize that it takes at least, ten years to acquire a pres- tige, that will really put him on the for they are what Inge dairy ce e Map' es a breeder. He meat learn prices are based on. 'They are tbe ..1f4 zaH• M 70 EH NE M• EE ZS 22 33 21 Special Sale Frost Fence FULL No. 9 IMPRIMAL GAUGE 4 Bars, 33 inches high, 9 atays a AB* per rod 5 Bars, 40 inches Mee 9 stays 45c per rod 6 Bars, 80 inches high, 9 stays 46%c per rod 6 Bars, 40 inches high, .1) stays 50e -per rod 7 Bars, 40 inches high, 9 stay 66e per real 8 Bars, 42 inches high, 9 sta4 61e per rod 7 Bars, 4a inches high, 9 stay 58'%c per laid 8 Bars, 42 inches high, 12 stets 66tfie per rod 8 Bars, 47 inches high, 12 stays 68e per rod 8 Bars, 47 inches high, 9 stays 62c per rod 9 Bars, 60 inches high, 9 stays ...70c per rod 9 Bars, 50 inched high, 12 stays 75tlic per rod 9 Bars, 36 inches high, 12 stays 73e per rod 9 Bars, 48 itithes high, 12 stays 75%e per rod 10 Bars, 50 inches high, 12 stays 82c per rod 10 Bars, 48 inches high, 16 stays 92e per rod These prices are for stock on trend only, We also Lave Barbed Wire, Brace Wire, Celled Wire -and Staples. The Big Hardware H. EDGE firarigrilirlitler7t .14 kv• 4 / 4404.1.410.; ',"T" stMas 'recyl!Ir. Fug *t. SATURDAY • _3 for the better. -The; ing stare and directorearre going into The production. Oft ion pictures la undergoing a great change business for t.hemsehreet, teed of workhae for wages paid by New York financiers who meter little for the finer artistic phase of photo - play making In "The Rivera we offer tee first photoplay from tbe c studio of Marshall Nef*, i formerly4ine of the highest salaried direc- tors in the worldaaFor• s first offering Mr. Meilen has secured Jamea Oliver Curwood's great-it/Sr), of theStieeinadian Northwest, "The River's End," considered, by y the ,togbor's most popular work. Quite naturally, Mernbajl t4Ur has spared aiothina in cost of cast and production ay -snake his- fast personally produced and directed ef- fort as fine as poseiblei .. . You may therefore west a real teat in this,great big story of • God's Coentrf. MARSIIAI,L NEILAN 'The RivPre;Is End' by JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD ,ALSO SHOWING "JIMMY AUDREY" in "HIS JONAH DAY" -A &reel Big V Comedy - and FORD MONTHLY ADULTS 25 CENTS. : CHILDREN 16 CENTS 1 to handle cattle, and he must et the idea out of his head that ire can learn all he needs to know overnight, that there is a magic in mitney if spent for a high-priced animal. which will start him off on at equality with urea who have given the better part of a lifetime to the breeding business. It occurs to me that -one ,of the easiations could perfornats t here. great services the variouriZiude as- ' should. lend tees enemarigantent h prices, and give morn at - rikonis when ship 'that Man& together MO armalleall n se ogues and contribute selling- stela at sPeCniaDVa' Pedigrees at cows having no are ecimetinies adorned With records made by distant eorapanted state euch small type as °by a Ahreeapierter by a ther of the dant or' -things biatlukto the sire of" Or "her Sire* like t, calculated te dee=e unwary, utterly without "lia • I have before inc a pedigree semi in by. a young farmer seeking advice about buying his pure pure-bred bull. At first glance every female in the pedigree *wears to have a nice string of records. More careful read- ings show -that only one animal on the dam's side, and that in the third generation, has any record. The recorde were all dug out from some remote ariceator. The records below. the dam's name belong to an animal having less than two per cent. of the blood of the animal offered for sale. The young man in his letter remarked that this appeared to be a fine pedigree. The old "let the buyer beware," may be tee eally legal, but I doubt if it is good busi- ness policy in building tM a pure- bred business. substance of the breeder's advertis- ing, as they are also the nourishmeat on whkh speculation feeds. There-' fore everyone who has the welfare of the pure-bred dairy -stock business at heart should take active interest in keeping official testing free from -suspicion of manipulation. One re- eent acandal in this line, familiar to all Holstein breaters, part of the aftermath of which has been a bank failure arta, a suicide, ha,evidenee the elynastate With ers It are playing when thea give lention to seeing young breeders to their testing personal attention. stated on a conservative basis' in- Speculative prices for pure-bred stead of buying into the business at livestock always result in the placing an enormous outlay which requires, of undue emphasis upon something them to operate speculatively in or- of temporary and often even of minor importance. In the seventies Short - der to pay out. Closely linked with this service is horns of the Duchess family brought another of a more fundamental na- ture which offers opportunity for constructive work by the breed; as- sociations. I refer to the necessity of thoroughly safeguarding official tests. There is altogether too much of a tendency to put the responeibil- ity for the conduct of these tests all on the agricultural college: Breeders should be brougbt to see that the re- sponsibility is partly their own, that in leaving everything to the herds- men they are subjecting their em- ployees to a moral strain through fabulous prices; to -day the family 18 unknown. In the eighties, a 'Jersey to bring the speculative prices of that time had to have a black tongue and a black switch to her tail. To- day with dairy -cattle breeders re- cords are the fetish, and have come to be regarded often from the adver- tising viewpoint rather than from that of breeding. As a result of this overstressing of Wei records the bull buyer often thinks more of the "average of his five nearest dams" and'almilar catch which not every man can come un- phrases than he does of the inda scathed. It places the employee in viduality of the animal, or the real a position where he is likely to feel character of his ancestry from the that, if lie can put anything over on standpoint of transmitting the best the tester, it will be good business breed characteristics. Having a bull for hint to do so. with a thirty -pound or forty -pound All this creates a regrettable situa- dam is good advertising, but if this record is the result of an abnormally high percentage of fat, it means but little from the standpoint of construc- tive breeding. Using a bull from a high -record dam, if that dam is a freak in her family,. does not spell success in transmitting ability. Our breeding operations are, and should be, based to a large extent upon ad- vanced registry records; but a little judgment along with the records is a good thing. Records price and sell bulls as well as cows, and if a poor bull is placed at the head of a herd the whole future of that herd is im- periled. Two or three poor bulls in succession may almost put a Nerd out of business just as one good bull may make it famous. It is difficult enough to succeed in the abre-bred business without adding to it any further handicaps such as are here made possible. But a questionable record now and then and undue emphasis upon high records are not tbe only evil that speculative prices cause, nor is suck a record the only basis for specula- tive prices. Pedigrees skilfully vrrit- ten in a way that seems to give ani - don, one possessing angerous pos- sibilities for the future welfare of the pure-bred business. The man sent out by the college to de, tee testing is a young fellow who knows his business and comes to the work with good 'recommendations as to character. But he is young and ke goes out each morning to a lora; day's work. The herdsman, on the other hand, is usually a man of ex- perience, a good fellow with pleasant ways and perhaps, now and adieu, possessing ability deftly to smooth over an unethical bit of precede?" The rule is that the tester:Aball see only one cow milked at a time it the herdsman may say: "Oh, why be so particular! The others aren't. It doesn't get you anything, and it does no harm to let the rules down a little." He may even. per- suade a tester note and then to go to a picture show or a dance, prom- issing to take samples for him and assuring him that "the others did it." The owner should not only see that these things are not encouraged on his farm but immediately report any test supervisor who practices them. When one record, supervised by a man working for three or four dol- lars a day may make or break an animal, when thousands of &Mare. may be reined to , the value of a herd in a few days' time. it is clear that the owner est this herd should intimately concern himself with tee way the wet* is done. He should look closely after his herdsman, 'and in caste the college man AO \VS -14 dis- position to be careless, he should re- port the matter to the college prompt- ly, and the college will thank him for it. I repeat., that in. this vital phase of the whole pure-bred business, the vent foundation of it, the breed as- sociatious owe it to the breeders to FRIDAY AND SATURDAY do everything possible to impress on them their own responsibility mei, OF THTS WERE. their duty in supporting the college. la's Special Price at the car. High records are worth big stone , On the breeders of this country a large responsibility, rests. It is their task to supply the seed stock that will improve aad mane more profitable the dairy bards of the country. I do not regard it as prob- able ora. necessary that the bulk of these herds will or should be pure- bred. But they should be eigh-class grades, which requires the use of trills with milk -making potentiali- ties bred into them to the highest possible degree. Speculative prices for pure-bred stock puts the price of such bulls out of the plain dairy- man's reach and, encourages decep- tions which have for their object the selling of inferior stuff at premium prices. , The end of the thing is a situation wherein breeders are selling to one another owing to the natural outlet to the farms and to beginners. start- ing in the pure-bred business becom- ing so restricted that it no longer al - W. G. NEAL Walton will unload a ear of- REDPATH SUGAR 00 v ' • Mat that in six Months at-oceet in addition‘,009 W*11* fitting .The caSerhead e pure-bred business have liesivx.' When lidded to the animal they too n pricy that the prospective starier. Ohne aak not afford to pay. Breeders must adeeetiee, and should advertise continually with*: sr limits justified by each man's sib* aa. that. The public sale is a convent 'Sas, amounting to a necessite, :to ss breeders, and its' utility sikoald preserved by freeing it ,telui aa. that be possible, from - that , speculative OP brought into existence must have publicity and' will he • „ gainer by every additional tetterititslj,... buyer who is brought, to selea-abe stock, provided the methods used aftia• sound end elean and the cost is not. . too 'great. It is mst conviction.' that. . thite" breeders eta -are -bred dairy stock are fully capublie of working out 'these and other questions touched upon in this artkle. They are, in the &mat majority, mea actuatect by ideals that do them credit, and in my opinion none regret more than" they da the whirl of speculation that swept the pure-bred business off site feet in the past fours years and left it on its back. But regret alone will not , cure. The human desire to come quickly into easy money is -always with MI, and the safety of the great business we are interested in requires that we order it in a way that will reduce to the minimum. the speculative.ap- peal to this desire. The merry-go- round of inflated prices is wafting to glee us, another dizzy weir] if we are mistaken enough to climb on it again. -Country Gentleman. HURON BREEDERS' SALE The Huron County Breeders' As- sociation's sale of pureahred stock, hald illaWhigOant o ThonntaY, March loth; diarosisa *Mal crowd -and good prices were received for most of the animals- offered. All of tae animals, forty-nine in number, were sold. The total sale amounted to $6752.50; an average of $138 per head. The bulls averaged $156.25 and the females $138.50. Four Herefords were, sold at an average of $121.25. The top price for Herefords was $150, paid by W. J. McMurray, of Brussels, for Bay Leaf, a heifer calf consigned by W. J. Gregg & Son, Gerrie, In Shorthorns, Oliver Turnbull, of Brussels, paid the highest price, pay- ing- $300 for Roan Pearl 2nd, a four- year-old "Karr" Flora. The Short- horn consignment of thirty-eight head averaged $129.50. Col. R. McEwen, of Byron, also paid $300 for the Aberdeen Angus heifer Lady of Elm Row contributed by W. M. Henry, of Belgrave. This is a particularly nice heifer of En- chantress Erica breeding. Tee, seven Doddies consigned made the high average of 4491.75. Quitea omen*. able number of the animate wen amp the whoa aiiia*guanW.. in--aW4IM-• r;44 live stock game and aageed ace0u0t_4 theareadlase. aim of the Astoffiatic& is 10 firt dispose of their surplus stock and he the second place advertise the merits of the respective br,eeds and encour- age a larger number ofour farmers to start in the breeding of pure-bred stock. Such affairs must have a beneficial effect on the standing and quality of the live stock in our sec- tion. Mr. R. T. Amos, of Moffat, was the auctioneer in charge and gale satisfaction to all. Mr. Amos us a young man, who lyes been in the pure- bred live stock game for some time and has letely taken up auctioneer work. Mr. Oscar Klopp, of Zwick assisted Mr. Amos at the ringside and on the block. Mr. Klopp is & Huron County boy who has late], taken up this work and can lan, himself with credit at work of tehs kind. The prices received indicate both the good quality of the cattle as well as the work of tbe auctioneer& Name of Animal Consigner Price HEREFORDS Gertrude W. H. Gregg $122.50 Sunrise 28th S. J. Currie 120.00 Bay Leaf W. H. Gregg 160.00 Cleaview Bonnie Brae W. H. Gregg 82.50 ABERDEEN ANGU Purekaser Address W. J. Currie, Wingless& John Field, Wingham. • W. J. McMurray, Brussel& F. Blaca, Bluevale. Lady of Elm Row W. M. Henry 800.00 Grandview Prince J. Mason 155.00 Jack of Elm Row W. Henry 175.00 Beauty of Elm Row W. Henry 205.00 Ringleader of St. Helens F. Todd 152.00 Maplewood Baron A. McEwing 230.00 Maplewood Rover 6th A. McEwing 125.00 . SHORTHORNS Melinda C. Aitchiaou 100.00 Belinda C. Aitchison 70.00 Matchless Pearl J. Brewster 145.00 Royal Edward J. Brewster 100.00 Matchless Helen J. Brewster 135.00 Royal Wimple J. K. Campbell & Sons 187.50 Roan Pearl and 300.00 Princess gth JO 170.00- M. Loss Bashfull " 165.00 Mayflower 2nd Pt 150.00 Hester 150.00 Snowflake 11540 Betsy Lee 130.00 Red Polly 87.50 Red Vern 112.50 Dorothy K. 145.00 Cypress Kelly 14750 Cypress Mabel and 130,00 Cypress Bessie 215.00 Cypress Girl 100.00 Maid of Ethel 2nd Flora Snowflake Controller Victoria Cross and Bonnie Jean 3rd 50.00 Roan Rose Thos. Pierce • 185.60 Matchless Queen Thos. Pierce 115,0a Mysieof Sunny Side Thosa Pierce 130.Q0 Hazel May R. Sanderson 77,50 Proud Victor 2nd R. Sanderson 100.00 Victor T.H.Taylor & Son 175.00 Rosalind " 115.00 May Lily ,, 16500 Meadow Broolii Red ()Turnbull & Son 15000 Meadow Brook Signet " 125.00 Roan Chief W. Webster 95.50 Victoria Louise R. Wald!' 01.60 Laura R. Wilkin 105.00 Dow Bros. Dow Bros. R. Harrison R. Harrison R. Harrison Thos. Kerr Thos. Kerr Thos. Kerr Thos. Kerr Thos. Kerr - George Kerr George Keel. W. G. Moffat A. McKercher A. McKerther 150.00 107.50 50.00 116.00 R. McEwen, Byron. .5 Harvey, Londesboro. A. W. Pugh, Northwood. G. Clark, Goderich. D. H. Bell, Platteville. M. Henry, Belgrave J. McEwen, Wingkam; Bert Holmes, Wingham. F. Hogg, Wingham. T. Fortupe, Wingearn. M. Procter, Whigham. T. Fortune, Winghana A. Procter,. Belgrave. O. Turnbull, Brussels. G. i3lark, Goderice. G. Clark,. Golerich. J. C. Milts, Auburn. G. Clark, Goilerich, S. McBurney, Wingleare. G. Clark, Goderich. R. King, Wingham. J. Stapleton, Wingham. James Lyons, larctmow. P.A.Knell & Sons,Teeswater T. Camming, Listowel. G. Cruickshanks. Wingham. George H e Celrrar,k,rtt Goderich.e a James Kerr, Ethel. John Porter Wingham. S. Woody Whigham. George Clark, Auburn. 3. NlEttt-eiliffrekh. E. xeter. • Klopp, Zi G. Clark Goderich. r. JW. .11IjCMRinnreghc! ReegWipkayte. R. McDonald, Teeswater. S. Parsee, Ethel. A. H. Sturreeks Dundalk R. Brien, Wilighana J. Blue, Kincardine. .1, J. HerrWirighant.'as a- J.Eirfi. Kixerropp;sttbelatittce. • • • 'A mit a a a A4 41 $.0-4 Special in" Fancy Sweet Biscuits , Several kinda, ranging in price, from 25. to 40c per lb. (mostly -35c') assorted for 22%. These at tie price': are cheaper than sodas, they ,as -reqturerno batter. :Fano3r. Broken Sweet Bis- cuits at 2 lbs. for 25p. Garden Seeds are now to thelere in good. assortMent. Nit& Setts -We. have good quality and loWer in price by N 5c per lb. than similar quality have been sold \ - - for in town. At HUTCHISON'S GROCERY Phone '58. es. zaH• M 70 EH NE M• EE ZS 22 33 21 Special Sale Frost Fence FULL No. 9 IMPRIMAL GAUGE 4 Bars, 33 inches high, 9 atays a AB* per rod 5 Bars, 40 inches Mee 9 stays 45c per rod 6 Bars, 80 inches high, 9 stays 46%c per rod 6 Bars, 40 inches high, .1) stays 50e -per rod 7 Bars, 40 inches high, 9 stay 66e per real 8 Bars, 42 inches high, 9 sta4 61e per rod 7 Bars, 4a inches high, 9 stay 58'%c per laid 8 Bars, 42 inches high, 12 stets 66tfie per rod 8 Bars, 47 inches high, 12 stays 68e per rod 8 Bars, 47 inches high, 9 stays 62c per rod 9 Bars, 60 inches high, 9 stays ...70c per rod 9 Bars, 50 inched high, 12 stays 75tlic per rod 9 Bars, 36 inches high, 12 stays 73e per rod 9 Bars, 48 itithes high, 12 stays 75%e per rod 10 Bars, 50 inches high, 12 stays 82c per rod 10 Bars, 48 inches high, 16 stays 92e per rod These prices are for stock on trend only, We also Lave Barbed Wire, Brace Wire, Celled Wire -and Staples. The Big Hardware H. EDGE firarigrilirlitler7t .14 kv• 4 / 4404.1.410.; ',"T" stMas 'recyl!Ir. Fug *t. SATURDAY • _3 for the better. -The; ing stare and directorearre going into The production. Oft ion pictures la undergoing a great change business for t.hemsehreet, teed of workhae for wages paid by New York financiers who meter little for the finer artistic phase of photo - play making In "The Rivera we offer tee first photoplay from tbe c studio of Marshall Nef*, i formerly4ine of the highest salaried direc- tors in the worldaaFor• s first offering Mr. Meilen has secured Jamea Oliver Curwood's great-it/Sr), of theStieeinadian Northwest, "The River's End," considered, by y the ,togbor's most popular work. Quite naturally, Mernbajl t4Ur has spared aiothina in cost of cast and production ay -snake his- fast personally produced and directed ef- fort as fine as poseiblei .. . You may therefore west a real teat in this,great big story of • God's Coentrf. MARSIIAI,L NEILAN 'The RivPre;Is End' by JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD ,ALSO SHOWING "JIMMY AUDREY" in "HIS JONAH DAY" -A &reel Big V Comedy - and FORD MONTHLY ADULTS 25 CENTS. : CHILDREN 16 CENTS 1 to handle cattle, and he must et the idea out of his head that ire can learn all he needs to know overnight, that there is a magic in mitney if spent for a high-priced animal. which will start him off on at equality with urea who have given the better part of a lifetime to the breeding business. It occurs to me that -one ,of the easiations could perfornats t here. great services the variouriZiude as- ' should. lend tees enemarigantent h prices, and give morn at - rikonis when ship 'that Man& together MO armalleall n se ogues and contribute selling- stela at sPeCniaDVa' Pedigrees at cows having no are ecimetinies adorned With records made by distant eorapanted state euch small type as °by a Ahreeapierter by a ther of the dant or' -things biatlukto the sire of" Or "her Sire* like t, calculated te dee=e unwary, utterly without "lia • I have before inc a pedigree semi in by. a young farmer seeking advice about buying his pure pure-bred bull. At first glance every female in the pedigree *wears to have a nice string of records. More careful read- ings show -that only one animal on the dam's side, and that in the third generation, has any record. The recorde were all dug out from some remote ariceator. The records below. the dam's name belong to an animal having less than two per cent. of the blood of the animal offered for sale. The young man in his letter remarked that this appeared to be a fine pedigree. The old "let the buyer beware," may be tee eally legal, but I doubt if it is good busi- ness policy in building tM a pure- bred business. substance of the breeder's advertis- ing, as they are also the nourishmeat on whkh speculation feeds. There-' fore everyone who has the welfare of the pure-bred dairy -stock business at heart should take active interest in keeping official testing free from -suspicion of manipulation. One re- eent acandal in this line, familiar to all Holstein breaters, part of the aftermath of which has been a bank failure arta, a suicide, ha,evidenee the elynastate With ers It are playing when thea give lention to seeing young breeders to their testing personal attention. stated on a conservative basis' in- Speculative prices for pure-bred stead of buying into the business at livestock always result in the placing an enormous outlay which requires, of undue emphasis upon something them to operate speculatively in or- of temporary and often even of minor importance. In the seventies Short - der to pay out. Closely linked with this service is horns of the Duchess family brought another of a more fundamental na- ture which offers opportunity for constructive work by the breed; as- sociations. I refer to the necessity of thoroughly safeguarding official tests. There is altogether too much of a tendency to put the responeibil- ity for the conduct of these tests all on the agricultural college: Breeders should be brougbt to see that the re- sponsibility is partly their own, that in leaving everything to the herds- men they are subjecting their em- ployees to a moral strain through fabulous prices; to -day the family 18 unknown. In the eighties, a 'Jersey to bring the speculative prices of that time had to have a black tongue and a black switch to her tail. To- day with dairy -cattle breeders re- cords are the fetish, and have come to be regarded often from the adver- tising viewpoint rather than from that of breeding. As a result of this overstressing of Wei records the bull buyer often thinks more of the "average of his five nearest dams" and'almilar catch which not every man can come un- phrases than he does of the inda scathed. It places the employee in viduality of the animal, or the real a position where he is likely to feel character of his ancestry from the that, if lie can put anything over on standpoint of transmitting the best the tester, it will be good business breed characteristics. Having a bull for hint to do so. with a thirty -pound or forty -pound All this creates a regrettable situa- dam is good advertising, but if this record is the result of an abnormally high percentage of fat, it means but little from the standpoint of construc- tive breeding. Using a bull from a high -record dam, if that dam is a freak in her family,. does not spell success in transmitting ability. Our breeding operations are, and should be, based to a large extent upon ad- vanced registry records; but a little judgment along with the records is a good thing. Records price and sell bulls as well as cows, and if a poor bull is placed at the head of a herd the whole future of that herd is im- periled. Two or three poor bulls in succession may almost put a Nerd out of business just as one good bull may make it famous. It is difficult enough to succeed in the abre-bred business without adding to it any further handicaps such as are here made possible. But a questionable record now and then and undue emphasis upon high records are not tbe only evil that speculative prices cause, nor is suck a record the only basis for specula- tive prices. Pedigrees skilfully vrrit- ten in a way that seems to give ani - don, one possessing angerous pos- sibilities for the future welfare of the pure-bred business. The man sent out by the college to de, tee testing is a young fellow who knows his business and comes to the work with good 'recommendations as to character. But he is young and ke goes out each morning to a lora; day's work. The herdsman, on the other hand, is usually a man of ex- perience, a good fellow with pleasant ways and perhaps, now and adieu, possessing ability deftly to smooth over an unethical bit of precede?" The rule is that the tester:Aball see only one cow milked at a time it the herdsman may say: "Oh, why be so particular! The others aren't. It doesn't get you anything, and it does no harm to let the rules down a little." He may even. per- suade a tester note and then to go to a picture show or a dance, prom- issing to take samples for him and assuring him that "the others did it." The owner should not only see that these things are not encouraged on his farm but immediately report any test supervisor who practices them. When one record, supervised by a man working for three or four dol- lars a day may make or break an animal, when thousands of &Mare. may be reined to , the value of a herd in a few days' time. it is clear that the owner est this herd should intimately concern himself with tee way the wet* is done. He should look closely after his herdsman, 'and in caste the college man AO \VS -14 dis- position to be careless, he should re- port the matter to the college prompt- ly, and the college will thank him for it. I repeat., that in. this vital phase of the whole pure-bred business, the vent foundation of it, the breed as- sociatious owe it to the breeders to FRIDAY AND SATURDAY do everything possible to impress on them their own responsibility mei, OF THTS WERE. their duty in supporting the college. la's Special Price at the car. High records are worth big stone , On the breeders of this country a large responsibility, rests. It is their task to supply the seed stock that will improve aad mane more profitable the dairy bards of the country. I do not regard it as prob- able ora. necessary that the bulk of these herds will or should be pure- bred. But they should be eigh-class grades, which requires the use of trills with milk -making potentiali- ties bred into them to the highest possible degree. Speculative prices for pure-bred stock puts the price of such bulls out of the plain dairy- man's reach and, encourages decep- tions which have for their object the selling of inferior stuff at premium prices. , The end of the thing is a situation wherein breeders are selling to one another owing to the natural outlet to the farms and to beginners. start- ing in the pure-bred business becom- ing so restricted that it no longer al - W. G. NEAL Walton will unload a ear of- REDPATH SUGAR 00 v ' • Mat that in six Months at-oceet in addition‘,009 W*11* fitting .The caSerhead e pure-bred business have liesivx.' When lidded to the animal they too n pricy that the prospective starier. Ohne aak not afford to pay. Breeders must adeeetiee, and should advertise continually with*: sr limits justified by each man's sib* aa. that. The public sale is a convent 'Sas, amounting to a necessite, :to ss breeders, and its' utility sikoald preserved by freeing it ,telui aa. that be possible, from - that , speculative OP brought into existence must have publicity and' will he • „ gainer by every additional tetterititslj,... buyer who is brought, to selea-abe stock, provided the methods used aftia• sound end elean and the cost is not. . too 'great. It is mst conviction.' that. . thite" breeders eta -are -bred dairy stock are fully capublie of working out 'these and other questions touched upon in this artkle. They are, in the &mat majority, mea actuatect by ideals that do them credit, and in my opinion none regret more than" they da the whirl of speculation that swept the pure-bred business off site feet in the past fours years and left it on its back. But regret alone will not , cure. The human desire to come quickly into easy money is -always with MI, and the safety of the great business we are interested in requires that we order it in a way that will reduce to the minimum. the speculative.ap- peal to this desire. The merry-go- round of inflated prices is wafting to glee us, another dizzy weir] if we are mistaken enough to climb on it again. -Country Gentleman. HURON BREEDERS' SALE The Huron County Breeders' As- sociation's sale of pureahred stock, hald illaWhigOant o ThonntaY, March loth; diarosisa *Mal crowd -and good prices were received for most of the animals- offered. All of tae animals, forty-nine in number, were sold. The total sale amounted to $6752.50; an average of $138 per head. The bulls averaged $156.25 and the females $138.50. Four Herefords were, sold at an average of $121.25. The top price for Herefords was $150, paid by W. J. McMurray, of Brussels, for Bay Leaf, a heifer calf consigned by W. J. Gregg & Son, Gerrie, In Shorthorns, Oliver Turnbull, of Brussels, paid the highest price, pay- ing- $300 for Roan Pearl 2nd, a four- year-old "Karr" Flora. The Short- horn consignment of thirty-eight head averaged $129.50. Col. R. McEwen, of Byron, also paid $300 for the Aberdeen Angus heifer Lady of Elm Row contributed by W. M. Henry, of Belgrave. This is a particularly nice heifer of En- chantress Erica breeding. Tee, seven Doddies consigned made the high average of 4491.75. Quitea omen*. able number of the animate wen amp the whoa aiiia*guanW.. in--aW4IM-• r;44 live stock game and aageed ace0u0t_4 theareadlase. aim of the Astoffiatic& is 10 firt dispose of their surplus stock and he the second place advertise the merits of the respective br,eeds and encour- age a larger number ofour farmers to start in the breeding of pure-bred stock. Such affairs must have a beneficial effect on the standing and quality of the live stock in our sec- tion. Mr. R. T. Amos, of Moffat, was the auctioneer in charge and gale satisfaction to all. Mr. Amos us a young man, who lyes been in the pure- bred live stock game for some time and has letely taken up auctioneer work. Mr. Oscar Klopp, of Zwick assisted Mr. Amos at the ringside and on the block. Mr. Klopp is & Huron County boy who has late], taken up this work and can lan, himself with credit at work of tehs kind. The prices received indicate both the good quality of the cattle as well as the work of tbe auctioneer& Name of Animal Consigner Price HEREFORDS Gertrude W. H. Gregg $122.50 Sunrise 28th S. J. Currie 120.00 Bay Leaf W. H. Gregg 160.00 Cleaview Bonnie Brae W. H. Gregg 82.50 ABERDEEN ANGU Purekaser Address W. J. Currie, Wingless& John Field, Wingham. • W. J. McMurray, Brussel& F. Blaca, Bluevale. Lady of Elm Row W. M. Henry 800.00 Grandview Prince J. Mason 155.00 Jack of Elm Row W. Henry 175.00 Beauty of Elm Row W. Henry 205.00 Ringleader of St. Helens F. Todd 152.00 Maplewood Baron A. McEwing 230.00 Maplewood Rover 6th A. McEwing 125.00 . SHORTHORNS Melinda C. Aitchiaou 100.00 Belinda C. Aitchison 70.00 Matchless Pearl J. Brewster 145.00 Royal Edward J. Brewster 100.00 Matchless Helen J. Brewster 135.00 Royal Wimple J. K. Campbell & Sons 187.50 Roan Pearl and 300.00 Princess gth JO 170.00- M. Loss Bashfull " 165.00 Mayflower 2nd Pt 150.00 Hester 150.00 Snowflake 11540 Betsy Lee 130.00 Red Polly 87.50 Red Vern 112.50 Dorothy K. 145.00 Cypress Kelly 14750 Cypress Mabel and 130,00 Cypress Bessie 215.00 Cypress Girl 100.00 Maid of Ethel 2nd Flora Snowflake Controller Victoria Cross and Bonnie Jean 3rd 50.00 Roan Rose Thos. Pierce • 185.60 Matchless Queen Thos. Pierce 115,0a Mysieof Sunny Side Thosa Pierce 130.Q0 Hazel May R. Sanderson 77,50 Proud Victor 2nd R. Sanderson 100.00 Victor T.H.Taylor & Son 175.00 Rosalind " 115.00 May Lily ,, 16500 Meadow Broolii Red ()Turnbull & Son 15000 Meadow Brook Signet " 125.00 Roan Chief W. Webster 95.50 Victoria Louise R. Wald!' 01.60 Laura R. Wilkin 105.00 Dow Bros. Dow Bros. R. Harrison R. Harrison R. Harrison Thos. Kerr Thos. Kerr Thos. Kerr Thos. Kerr Thos. Kerr - George Kerr George Keel. W. G. Moffat A. McKercher A. McKerther 150.00 107.50 50.00 116.00 R. McEwen, Byron. .5 Harvey, Londesboro. A. W. Pugh, Northwood. G. Clark, Goderich. D. H. Bell, Platteville. M. Henry, Belgrave J. McEwen, Wingkam; Bert Holmes, Wingham. F. Hogg, Wingham. T. Fortupe, Wingearn. M. Procter, Whigham. T. Fortune, Winghana A. Procter,. Belgrave. O. Turnbull, Brussels. G. i3lark, Goderice. G. Clark,. Golerich. J. C. Milts, Auburn. G. Clark, Goilerich, S. McBurney, Wingleare. G. Clark, Goderich. R. King, Wingham. J. Stapleton, Wingham. James Lyons, larctmow. P.A.Knell & Sons,Teeswater T. Camming, Listowel. G. Cruickshanks. Wingham. George H e Celrrar,k,rtt Goderich.e a James Kerr, Ethel. John Porter Wingham. S. Woody Whigham. George Clark, Auburn. 3. NlEttt-eiliffrekh. E. xeter. • Klopp, Zi G. Clark Goderich. r. JW. .11IjCMRinnreghc! ReegWipkayte. R. McDonald, Teeswater. S. Parsee, Ethel. A. H. Sturreeks Dundalk R. Brien, Wilighana J. Blue, Kincardine. .1, J. HerrWirighant.'as a- J.Eirfi. Kixerropp;sttbelatittce. • • • 'A mit a a a A4 41 $.0-4