May 2000
Mathie Hits Million Unit Milestone
PLAIN CITY, OHIO, USA - March 14, 2000, was a historic day
for Select Sires as 7HO3707 Paradise-R Cleitus MATHIE*TL
produced his one millionth unit of semen. At 12 years of
age, Mathie is the second bull in the federation's 35-year
history to achieve this milestone, the first being
Fisher-Place Mandingo-Twin.
Mathie, now scored Excellent (94), first came into the
Select Sires active lineup in July 1993 as a graduate of the
Program for Genetic Advancement (PGA) sire sampling and proving
system. In just his first six months on the lineup, Select sold
nearly 50,000 units of Mathie semen. In 1994, Mathie ranked
second at Select for number of units sold. By 1995, Mathie was
the number one selling bull for Select, a feat he went on to
accomplish again in 1997 and 1999. In fact, Mathie has ranked
either first or second in unit sales for Select since 1994.
His heavy use is well documented by the 21,000 plus daughters
in his U.S. sire summary.
His Daughters Tell the Story
"When you see the Mathie daughters, it's obvious why he is our
top selling bull," explains Bill Thompson, Vice President of
Marketing and Development. "The Mathies have outstanding udders
and feet and legs and they are wet. Once dairy producers see how
they perform, they continue to use Mathie over and over. Mathie
is Select's ultimate customer satisfaction sire."
Sire Analyst Charlie Will, who acquired the bull for PGA sampling,
is in total agreement with Thompson. "The Mathie daughters just
get better with age. He is the kind of bull who will sire a
Good Plus two-year-old that will go on to score Very Good as a
three-year-old and then Excellent as a four-year-old. The Mathie
daughters are the type of cows that stay in the herd for a long
time. All dairymen want high producing, long lasting cows." It's
this longevity that contributes greatly to Mathie's +3.0 for
Productive Life. At 99% reliability, Mathie is one of the highest
bulls in the breed for this measure of longevity.
"We're milking 25 Mathie daughters and we are still using him heavily,"
comments Bill Ramsey of Paradise Valley Farms where Mathie was bred.
"He is our premier sire because we know what we are going to get
and we like it. We have some daughters scored as high as 91 points."
Mathie is the result of Ramsey's mating of the now world-renowned
Paradise-R Bell Sears to Cleitus. Ramsey comments, "When we make
our breeding decisions, we want the resulting bulls to sire daughters
that look and perform like their maternal line and Mathie does that.
His good daughters look just like Bell Sears did."
The Future Looks Even Brighter
Select Sires sampled several Mathie sons through the PGA and are now
marketing two in their active lineup, 7HO5300 Catalina Mathie
MAGNUM*TL and 7HO5386 Piercefield CHIL Chamois-ET*TL. "Magnum and
Chil are the highest TPI Mathie sons in A.I.," states Will. "Both
sire the Mathie trademarks of outstanding udders and great feet and
legs. The Magnum and Chil daughters are honest, hard working cows
that dairy producers like to work with. Both are being used as sire
fathers here at Select, with Chil being used especially heavily
because he comes close to siring the same type of cattle as Mathie himself."
Select is also using Mathie on the maternal side for PGA young sires
to sample. The cooperative has two Mathie daughters contracted, both
for sons by 7HO6250 Ricecrest EMERSON-ET*BL.
For more on 7HO3707 Mathie, his sire summaries, daughter photos and
cow family, contact your local Select Sires representative. Or better
yet, click on www.selectsires.com for Select's new On-line Dairy Sire
Directory. There you will find complete information on Select's current
lineup in all dairy breeds. In addition, this site is a continuous
resource for beef genetics, animal health products and embryos.
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