Animal breeding / by Laurence M. Winters.

  • Winter, Laurence Merriam, 1891-
Date:
1925
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Credit: Animal breeding / by Laurence M. Winters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SELECTING THE FARM 285 essential to success, since selling for less is obviously poor business, and the business that sells for more will not long hold public approval. 271. Selecting the Farm.—In the selection of a farm for the breeding of livestock, there are two main points of con¬ sideration: its proximity to markets and its adaptability to the raising of the particular kind of stock the breeder would raise. An important point in the selection of a farm is its loca¬ tion with regard to prospective farmer buyers. A neigh¬ borhood that has been using purebred Shorthorn bulls for a long time is not very likely to absorb many Hereford bulls, or vice versa. Every breeder, no matter how constructive, will have some males which are not fit to head a purebred herd, flock, or stud, but are yet good enough to do creditable work on grade females. Many new breeders are hesitant about locating near other prominent breeders having the same breed. The modern method in business, however, is not to keep clear of competition but to find the center of the trade and get established in that center. A community that has several breeders raising a certain breed will attract outside buyers, because buyers would rather go to a district, where they can visit several herds, flocks, or studs than visit only one. Thus the new breeder reaps the reward of much of the advertising of these older breeders. The fear that the older breeders Avill eject him is unjustified; because the vast majority of the successful livestock breeders are big, broad- minded men who not only realize that a new breeder in their midst is an asset—for he, if successful, will add to the neigh¬ borhood's reputation and wdll also be in the market for some of their stock—but in addition they have the breed's welfare at heart and take a kindly interest in the new breeder's success. A farm located close to a town and a main railroad line is a decided advantage. Buyers, like everyone else, con-