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The Use of Purebred Sires in Producing Cattle for the Market

Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

That purebred sires are of importance in livestock breeding has been pointed out in an experiment which was recently conducted at the Oklahoma A. & M. College Experiment Station. Some of the objects of the test were:

(1) To determine the cost of maintaing a cow for one year, and thus to find the cost of producing a calf. (2) To compare the offspring of the purebred bull and the scrub bull, and to compare the offspring of the purebred bull when mated with grade cows and scrub cows. (3) To determine the cost of producing baby beef and to compare the results of feeding the calves, from the various crosses, for a given period.

Cost to Weaning Time

A herd of 25 cows has been maintained during the past few years. These cows were divided into three groups: Ten were scrubs mated to scrub bulls; 7 were scrubs mated to purebred sires, and 8 were high grade cows which were mated to purebred bulls.