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Historic, archived document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Miscellaneous Publication No. 393 Washington, D. C. August 1940 LIST OF SIRES PROVED IN DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS 1940 Compiled bythe Division ofDairy Herd Improvement Investigations" J Bureau ofDairy Industry icuture C For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington. D. Price 25 cents UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION No. 393 Washington,D.C. August1940 LIST OF SIRESPROVED IN DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS, 1940 Compiled by the Division of Dairy Herd Improvement Investigations, Bureau of Dairy Industry CONTENTS Page Page Introduction 1 Addresses of State extension dairymen in Purposeofthelist 2 charge of dairy herd-improvement associa- Meaningoftheterm"provedsire" 2 tionwork 5 Kindofrecordsusedindam-and-daughter Ayshiresires 6 comparisons 2 BrownSwisssires 14 Theproved-sirerecords 2 Guernseysires 19 Usingtheproved-sirerecord 3 Holsteinsires 58 Sonsofprovedsires 4 Jerseysires 182 Numberofprovedsires listed by States and Shorthornsires 210 breeds 4 Registrationnumbersoflistedsires 211 INTRODUCTION In 1935 the Bureau of Dairy Industry and the State dairy extension services began an intensive and concerted effort to "prove" as fully as possible the breeding value of all sires used in dairy herd-improvement association herds, and to make the information available in such a way that it will be of the greatest benefit to the dairy industry. The initial list of proved sires l was published by the Department of Agriculture in 1937 and contained the names of 1,553 sires whose "proved-sire" records were tabulated by the Division of Dairy Herd Improvement Investigations between November 1, 1935, and April 1, 1937. The second list 2 contained the names of 992 sires and the third list 3 contained the names of 1,348 sires. The present publication, which is the fourth list of the series, contains the names and summarized records of 3,183 sires whose records were tabulated between April 1, 1938, and April 1, 1939. PURPOSE OF THE LIST Knowledge of a sire's breeding value is of particular importance to the owner of the sire or of the herd in which the sire has been used. Therefore, all information on each proved sire is sent to the owner of the sire as rapidly as the data accumulate and are tabulated. Often however, the information will also be of interest and value to other dairymen, especially those whose herds carry related blood lines. Bringing together all proved-sire information annually, as is done in these lists, is expected not only to be currently useful to all dairymen 193»5M-i3s7.celFlaonresoaulsebPuyblthiecaStuipoenrNinot.en2d77e,ntLiosftDoofcuSmierenstsP,roWvaesdhiinngtDoani,ryD.HeCr;dpIrimcpe,ro1v5ecmenetnst. Associations, 2Miscellaneous Publication No. 315, List of Sires Proved in Dairy Herd Improvement Associations, 1938. ForsalebytheSuperintendentofDocuments,Washington,D.C;price,10cents. 3Miscellaneous Publication No. 353, Listof Sires Proved in Dairy Herd Improvement Associations, 1939. ForsalebytheSuperintendentofDocuments,Washington,D.C;price,15cents. : . MISC. PUBLICATION 393, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE in selecting promising herd sires but also to assist materially in spreading and perpetuating the influence of the outstanding sires. Although these lists emphasize the use of proved sires to improve dairy herds, the importance of using dams of proved transmitting ability is not minimized. The sire and dam contribute equally to the inheritance of the progeny. In a broad dairy cattle improvement program, however, the sire is the most potent factor for improving the producing capacity of our dairy cattle. The influence of the sire can be widely dispersed since the sire may have great numbers of progeny each year; whereas, the dam will have only a few progeny during her entire lifetime. Aside from the proved sire, the best prospect for improving production in dairy cattle is through the use of the sons of proved parents. The names of the owners of the listed sires are omitted purposely. Dairymen wishing more information about a listed sire than is con- tamed in the brief summary should address the request to the State in which the sire was proved, as follows: State Extension Dairyman, In Charge of Dairy Herd-Improvement Association Work. The addresses of the State extension dairymen are on page 5. MEANING OF THE TERM "PROVED SIRE" In dairy herd-improvement association work a sire is termed a proved sire when the production records of at least five of his unselected daughters have been compared with the production records of their dams. Such comparisons may show that a sire has transmitted high-, medium-, or low-producing ability to his daughters. To say that a sire is a proved sire, therefore, does not necessarily mean that the sire is a valuable sire; it merely means that the production records offive ormore ofhis unselected daughters and their dams have been compared on a uniform basis. KIND OF RECORDS USED IN DAM-AND-DAUGHTER COMPARISONS All proved-sire records in this list were tabulated under the rules of the dairy herd-improvement association proved-sire program. Under the rules of this program, all production records of daughters and dams used in the tabulation consist of the first 305 days' production of the lactation period. Records of cows under 6 or over 7 years of age are converted to a 6-year-old basis by using age-conversion factors developed by theDivisionofDairyHerdImprovementInvesti- gations, from records of association cows. Records of cows milked three or four times a day during any part of the 305-day lactation period are reduced to a twice-a-day milking basis; the record being reduced 0.0655 percent for each day the cow was milked three times a day, and 0.1148 percent for each day the cow was milked four times a day. When more than one lactation record is available each record is standardized according to the foregoing procedure and the average of all the standardized records is used to represent the producing capcity of the cow. THE PROVED-SIRE RECORDS The sires are listed by breeds, in alphabetical order. They are also listed by registration number on pages 211 to 240, inclusively. The information given for each sire may be better understood by studying the following proved-sire record AAGGIERIVERSIDECHAMPIONECHO57S0381 12daughters.- 29 11,211 3.3 368 Born,7-3-28;proved,3-14-40;dead;N.Y. 11daughters,_ 27 11,173 3.3 368 DSiarem,,EAcaog-gSiyelvRiKvienrgsiPdoesCcohr2nduc4o6p71i4a8.1034655. D11ifdfaerrnesnce (7-4-376) 10+,739803 -3..14 +31580 LIST OF SIRES 6 The Holstein-Friesian sire Aaggie Riverside Champion Echo 578038, as indicated in the second line, was bornJuly 3, 1928, and was provedMarch 14, 1940. Hewas deadwhenproved. In somerecords a dash ( ) follows the date of proving, which indicates that no report was made as to whether or not the sire was alive or dead at the time of proving. The sire was proved in a herd in New York. The third and fourth lines give the name and number of the sire and dam of the proved sire. A small figure following the registration number of a sire indicates that he appeared in a previous list and that his record has been retabulated to correct it or to include additional data thathavesincebecomeavailable. Thefigure 1indicates thefirstlist, 2 the secondlist, and 3 the thirdlist. (See footnotes 1,2, and 3, onp. 1.) Figures at the right show the sire had 12 daughters with a total of 29 production records averaging 11,211 pounds of milk, testing 3.3 percent fat, and averaging 368 pounds of butterfat; that 11 of these daughters had 27 production records averaging 11,173 pounds ofmilk, testing 3.3 percent fat, and averaging 368 pounds of butterfat; and that the 11 dams of these daughters had 36 productionrecords averaging 10,383 pounds of milk, testing 3.4 percent fat, and averaging 350 poundsofbutterfat. Aplus(+)orminus(—)signindicateswhetherthe averageproductionofthedaughtersisabove orbelow that of the dams. The three figures in parentheses (7-4-7) following the word "Differ- ence" give a brief comparison of the daughters with their respective dams. The first figure is the number of daughters that equaled or excelled their dams in milk production, the second figure the number of daughters that equaled or excelled in butterfat test, and the third figure the number of daughters that equaled or excelled in butterfat production. USING THE PROVED-SIRE RECORD The proved-sire record as summarized in this list should be considered merely as an indication and not as conclusive evidence of the breedingvalue of thesirein question. Ingeneral, however, thegreater the number of dam-and-daughter comparisons included in a proved- sire record the more reliable the record as anindication of the breeding value of the sire. Also the greater the number of lactation records included in the average record of each dam and daughter the more dependable the proved-sire record. If the difference between the average butterfat production of the dams and that of the daughters is less than 25 pounds, the increase or decrease should not be considered as significant. If the daughters of a sire have an average butterfat production of 25 or more pounds above that of their dams the sire may be considered as raising the production of the herd in which he is used. If the daughters' average butterfat production is 25 pounds or more below that of their dams the sire may be considered as lowering the production of the herd in which he is used, in which case he should be discarded from that particular herd. Such a sire may prove useful in a herd of lower- producing dams, however. To make the most intelligent selection of a sire, the dairyman should use these proved-sire records to single out the most promising sire and then make every effort to supplement these data with additional information gathered from the herds in which the dams and daughters made their records. Particular attention should be given to the feeding practices and environmental conditions under which — 4 MISC. PUBLICATION 393, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE the records were made, in order to be assured that the records of the daughters were not made under more favorable conditions than those of the dams or vice versa. It is especially important to determine that therehasbeenno selectionofdaughtersinmakingthecomparison. SONS OF PROVED SIRES Although many of the sires listed were dead when proved, they may have living sons available for breeding purposes. Information con- cerning sons of proved sires can be obtained from the State extension dairymanin charge of dairyherd-improvement associationworkin the State in which the sire was proved. Theidentification numbers of all recorded sons are included in the proved-sire record on file in each State office. It has been demonstrated that sons of good proved sires, that is, sires that have transmitted high-producing capacity to a large percentage of their daughters, can be used with greater assurance of success than sons of sires that have not been proved. Further assurance of success with sons of proved sires is indicated if the sons are out ofhigh-producing dams and if they have high-producing full sisters. Table 1. Number ofproved sires listed by States and breeds Breed State Total Ayrshire BSrwoiswsn Guseeryn- Holstein Jersey Shhoorrtn- Alabama . .. 3 3 13 110 4 i17 116 134 11 i61 1 2 120 2 i25 Connecticut ... ...... 14 13 123 i19 14 i53 Idaho -. . i2 1 i3 13 i12 i24 i 198 121 i258 19 U7 i15114 i11676 11337 15 ii28254 Kansas . . ill 1 19 170 122 1 i114 i1 2 i15 126 i44 1 3 4 5 1 i17 113 136 MMaiscshaicghaunsetts .... .. .. i1l1l 1 114232 11419 1i321 ii14138 Minnesota iUl 16 130 163 i5 1 i106 3 12 i6 '-12 129 126 167 3 1 4 i1 19 1 i11 12 i2 NewHampshire 116 19 120 17 2 154 NewJersey . 13 11 U6 145 19 174 il 14 15 148 16 162 1285 128 1429 NorthCarolina 12 15 16 14 117 Ohio . -. 13 120 126 118 167 12 l2 12 1 18 »11 Pennsylvania 112 ill i103 1207 151 1384 5 1 12 18 8 4 il •13 13 2 i5 12 3 17 122 134 Texas 1 1 1 3 Utah 1 118 119 ii3 12 130 128 154 1127 Virginia . . . 12 14134 1U439 i1178 1 1111234 12 i1 110 18 2 123 Wisconsin... . 13 120 i132 1791 i36 16 1988 Total 3126 »64 2615 a1,924 3439 215 a3,183 iThisnumberincludes 1 or moresiresproved with recordsfromsomeother Stateaswell asfromthe Stateindicated. 'Omittingduplicationofsires. LIST OF SIRES 5 ADDRESSES OF STATE EXTENSION DAIRYMEN IN CHARGE OF DAIRY HERD-IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION WORK Alabama School of Agriculture, Auburn. I Arizona College of Agriculture, Tucson. Arkansas College of Agriculture, 524 P. 0. Building, Little Rock. California College of Agriculture, Berkeley. Colorado Colorado State College of Agriculture, Fort Collins. Connecticut Connecticut State College, Storrs. Delaware School of Agriculture, Newark. Florida College of Agriculture, Gainesville. Georgia College of Agriculture, Athens. Idaho College of Agriculture, Boise. Illinois College of Agriculture, Urbana. Indiana School of Agriculture, Lafayette. Iowa Iowa State College of Agriculture, Ames. Kansas Kansas State College of Agriculture, Manhattan. Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington. Louisiana Agricultural and Mechanical College, University. Maine College of Agriculture, Orono. Maryland College of Agriculture, College Park. Massachusetts Massachusetts State College, Amherst. Michigan Michigan State College of Agriculture, East Lansing. Minnesota College of Agriculture, University Farm, St. Paul. Mississippi Mississippi State College, State College. Missouri College of Agriculture, Columbia. Montana Montana State College of Agriculture, Bozeman. Nebraska College of Agriculture, Lincoln. Nevada College of Agriculture, Reno. New Hampshire College of Agriculture, Durham. New Jersey State College of Agriculture, New Brunswick. New Mexico New Mexico College of Agriculture, State College. New York New York State College of Agriculture, Ithaca. North Carolina North Carolina State College of Agriculture, State College Station, Raleigh. North Dakota North Dakota Agricultural College, State College Station, Fargo. Ohio College of Agriculture, Columbus. Oklahoma Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater. Oregon Oregon State Agricultural College, Corvallis. Pennsylvania School of Agriculture, State College. Rhode Island Rhode Island State College, Kingston. South Carolina Clemson Agricultural College, Clemson. South Dakota South Dakota State College of Agriculture, Brookings. Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service, Knoxville. Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station. Utah Utah State Agricultural College, Logan. Vermont College of Agriculture, Burlington. Virginia Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Blacksburg. Washington State College of Washington, Pullman. West Virginia College of Agriculture, Morgantown. Wisconsin College of Agriculture, Madison. Wyoming College of Agriculture, Laramie. .. AYRSHIRE SIRES Name aRveecroargdesd Milk Test ALFBAoLrnF,A8-F25A-3R0;MprCovHeEd,ER1-2L4-E40A;DdeEaRd:4N3.40H3.3. 1156ddNaauuumggbhhtteeerrrss..._ Number \Po7u,22n99d57s Perc33e..n88t,Pounds DSiarem,,AlAtlataCrCersetstHaCrhveeesrte2rd3990526676.. « 1D5ifdfaermesnce (5-7-4) -18,,148707 -4..20 ALTA CREST GREYLIGHT 45500 10daughters._ 15 8,744 4.0 Born,8-4-31;proved, 10-19-39;dead;X. Y. 6 daughters 9 9,610 4.G Sire, WilloxtonSatisfaction42680imp. 6dams 11 10,261 3.6 Dam, AltaCrestWelcomeStranger90471. Difference (2-6-2) -651 +.4 ALTA CREST HOLD ON 454573 __. 14daughters. 34 7,223 4.0 BSiorren,,W2i-l2l-o3x2t;opnroSvateids,fa3c-t5i-o4n0;426S0im;pV.t. 1111ddaaumgshters. 2317 77,,126423 44..10 Dam,AltaCrestElaine3d90470. Difference... (6-6-5) -81 -.1 AMOSOFATWOODORCHARDS(TWIN)46772. 7daughters 8,386 4.3 Born, 12-7-32;proved,2-28-40; alive;N.Y. 7dams 11 11,061 3.8 Sire, PenshurstRedStar34996. Differenee. (1-6-2) -2.675 +.5 Dam, NellieofAtwood Orchards102591. APOBSLiorrLen,O,Fr3S-e.2e6d3-a52152;3d4'psroGvreeda,t1G0i-f4t-3o9f;E—lmw—oo;dN.249Y07 222113dddaaauumggshhtteerrss.... 965364 667,,,977448113 333...998 Dam,AuloraS.57890. Difference (5-13-6) -1,042 +.1 ASHGROVESILKSTOCKING36083 6daughters. 10.766 3.7 Born, 10-8-27;proved, 12-15-39;dead;N.Y. 5daughters 11,085 3.7 Sire,Alta CrestTing-a-Ling28074. 5dams 8,903 3.8 Dam, RingmistressSilkofSouthFarm7007 Difference— (4-2-4) +2,182 -.1 AUCHINAYR FORERUNNER 40435 9daughters 13 8,014 3.9 BSiorren,,Al9-d2e-r2b8;arparnovVeidc,to3r-1265-04408;. ;Wis. 66ddaaumgshters. 8 97,.371067 43..08 I Dam,AlderbaranLadyBeauty96449. Difference.. (1-4-1) -1,609 +.2 BAYSTATESAILOR'SMAJESTY15171-.. 11daughters 16 8.225 3.8 Born,8-7-31;proved,9-29-39;dead;N.H. 11dams 34 8,492 4.1 Sire,PenshurstSailor41763. Difference.. (5-2-3) -267 -.3 I Dam,BayStateRingleader'sRosier85729. BAYSTATESULTAN'SPRIDE46725 10daughters. 7,057 4.0 Born,3-26-33;proved,2-9-40;alive; Mass. 5daughters.. 6,834 4.1 Sire, PenshurstSailor41763. 5dams 6.275 4.3 Dam,BayStatePatrica106797. Difference.... (3-2-4) +559 -.2 BECKEY'SMAINSTAYOFFERNBROOK3947 9daughters.. 8.833 3.8 Born,2-28-29;proved,1-12-40;dead; Kans. 8daughters.. 18 8,678 3.9 Sire,AltaCrestMainstav27567. 8dams 16 9,082 4.0 Dam,Beckev'sPansy2d82232. Difference... (4-4-3) -404 -.1 BECKY'SSTARWARRIOR28813i 38daughters.. 65 7,962 4.2 Born,4-27-23:proved, 10-4-39;dead; N.H. 26daughters.. 46 7,838 4.3 Sire,PenshurstMan O'War25200. 26dams 52 8,125 4.1 Dam,BeckeyStar60524. Difference (12-22-12) -287 +.2 BELL FARM MARINER 30TH 40048 8daughters._. 14 7,982 3.7 Born,2-6-29;proved,4-7-39;dead; Maine. 7daughters._. 12 7,934 3.6 Sire, GlenFoerdMariner28494. 7dams 13 8,507 3.2 Dam,AmiePanofBellFarm78552. Difference (2-7-5) -573 +.4 BENAYR RUTHLESS WARRIOR 34239. 19daughters. 29 8,507 3.9 BSiorren,,Be8-c1k5v-'2s6;SptraorvWeadr,r8i-o4r-3298;81d3e.ad;Vt. 1122ddaaumgshters. 3104 86..985752 43..09 Dam, RuthLeah44218. Difference... (11-6-10) +2,083 -.1 BILL KYLE OF HILLWOOD 44571 6daughters. 6,114 Born, 1-3-31;proved, 12-15-39;dead;Vt. 6dams 23 6,549 Sire, LilyWhite'sPrince34800. Difference.. (3-3-4) -435 Dam, Prince'sBeautyLass94361. BRACKENFELL MASCOT 7TH 35209L- 7daughters. 36 6,831 Born,4-29-28;proved,9-22-39;dead;111. 7dams 37 7,078 Sire, MiddlesexMascot26694. Difference.. (3-6-2) -247 Dam,HendersonBetty3d45526. 6