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Better Sire Work in Kentucky

University of Kentucky

Abstract

Kentucky is eliminating grade and scrub sires and replacing them with pure breds at a rapid rate. Three of the four counties in the United States that have succeeded in eliminating all grade and scrub bulls are in Kentucky. These counties are Union, Russell, and Taylor.

The better sire-better stock campaign has been carried on in Kentucky since 1920. At the beginning of this work the annual loss through the use of grade and scrub sires in the State in all classes of livestock, not including poultry, was estimated at $14,200,000.00. At the present time the loss to Kentucky from this source is less than half the amount of 1920.

Kentucky annually sells approximately $85,000,000.00 worth of livestock and livestock products. This amount includes poultry products. The income to the State from this source could very well be doubled through the observance of better breeding and better feeding of her stock.

Pure Bred Bulls Replace Scrubs