Import Selections ~ 1973-1976

1973 selections ~ two heifers (in quarantine till 1974);

1974 selections ~ four heifers (in quarantine till 1975);

 1975 selections ~ two bulls (in quarantine till 1976).

More Imports ~ 1971-1973, Travels, Promotion

The 1971/72 Simmental imports (in quarantine till Spring 1972) were ten in total:

Bulls:	Date of Calving
Vic MM3796 (SBL 004B; ASA 46164; CSA )	7 Dec 1970
Brut MM 834 (SBL 005B; ASA 46163; CSA )	27 Dec 1970

Heifers:	Date of Calving
Rea	n/a
Lady	n/a
Netta	n/a
Pfau	n/a
Gerdrut	n/a
Donau	n/a
Themse	n/a
Bona	n/a

In 1972/73, ten heifers were imported (in quarantine till 1973).

Imports selected ~ 1970

The 1970 Simmental imports (in quarantine till Spring 1971) were six in total:

Bulls:	Date of Calving
Donald MM3254 (SBL 70A; ASA 10144; CSA )	4 Dec 1969
Romeo MM5967 (SBL 71A; ASA 10146; CSA )	13 Dec 1969

Heifers:	Date of Calving
Elsbeth  (CSA  217)	n/a
Meta  (CSA  218)	n/a
Blosch  (CSA  219)	n/a
Margreth  (CSA  241)	n/a

However, in the SBL 1971/72 brochure, there is another bull import listed for 1970, being Rex (Dar 1A) CSA # 165, ASA #10142, born December 8, 1969 and weighing 1565 lbs. on Sept. 2, 1971. His captian reads: "Considered by many to be the most impressive bull imported in 1971-72. Rex was one of the two bulls selected by SBL from the group of 70 selected by the Swiss Federation. [Donald was the other.] The captian for Romeo reads "SBL's selecion from our performance tested group of 15 head in Switzerland."

Imports selected ~ 1969

Travers' passport shows that he was again in Switzerland by July 11, 1969 making final selection for that import year. His Swiss colleagues would have laid the ground work before this buying trip so the way was again well-prepared for the selection of top-performing cattle.

The 1969 Simmental imports (in quarantine till Spring 1970) were:

Bulls:	Date of Calving
Beat MM2911 (SBL 8Z; ASA 216; CSA 41)	8 Dec 1968
Granit MM7503 (SBL 9Z; ASA 217; CSA 45)	24 Dec 1968
Mars MM5840 (SBL 41A; ASA 218; CSA 48)	6 Jan 1969
Kilian MM2491 (SBL 45A; ASA 219; CSA 47)	23 Jan 1969

Heifers:	Date of Calving
Daniela (CSA 39)	n/a
Fasan (CSA 40)	n/a
Berna  (CSA 42)	n/a
Bergere  (CSA  43)	n/a
Diana  (CSA  44)	n/a
Jolanda  (CSA 46)	n/a

- bottom portion of an SBL ad in the Simmental Shield magazine, March 1971 (inside cover)
- top portion of the ad featured the 1969/70 imported bulls: Mars, Beat, Granit, & Kilian

Imports Selected ~ 1968

SBL’s third year of imports were selected by Travers and Hans Ulrich when they made a trip to Switzerland in June 1968. Their Swiss colleagues had laid the ground work before this buying trip so the way was well prepared for the selection of top-performing cattle.

The 1968 Simmental imports (in quarantine till Spring 1969) were:

Bulls:	Date of Calving
Lohner MM4780 (SBL 1Z; ASA 9; CSA 10)	4 Jan 1968
Galant MM1060 (SBL 2Z; ASA 10; CSA 11)	25 Jan 1968
Florian MM1745 (SBL 5Z; ASA 11; CSA 13)	2 Mar 1968

Heifers:	Date of Calving
Lerch (CSA 9)	n/a
Petula (SBL 4Z; CSA 12)	n/a
Sonja (CSA 14)	n/a
Tulipa (CSA 15)	n/a

Pictures ~ 1967 Imported Bulls

Imports were selected in 1967 and were released from Canadian on-farm quarantine in the spring, 1968. These are early photos probably taken shortly thereafter of the bulls: Sultan (SBL 2X), Capitaine (SBL 4Y), and Firn (SBL 5Y). These photos were part of a set of photo albums prepared by SBL for information purposes. Each album contained about 30 pictures which were generally numbered and accompanied by relevant information. There were several identical albums and were an influential part of SBL's early promotional and information strategies.



Travers Smith is in all the photos



Imports Selected ~ 1967

(From Chp. 2 ~ 1967, titled "The Dream Lives," in a book begun several years ago by SMSmith to document the early history of SBL and Simmental in North America.)

The SBL selection of seven Simmental that entered the 1967 quarantine process (released from quarantine in 1968) were:

Bulls:	Date of Calving
Sultan MM2156 (SBL 2X; ASA 4; CSA 3)	Dec. 13, 1966
Capitaine MM1236 (SBL 4Y; ASA 7; CSA 7)	Feb. 5, 1967
Firn MM7298 (SBL 5Y; ASA 8; CSA 8)	March 12, 1967

Heifers:	Date of Calving
Uganda (SBL 3X; CSA 2)	n/a
Lotte (SBL 1Y; CSA 4)	n/a
Bella (SBL 2Y; CSA 5)	n/a
Anita (SBL 3Y; CSA 6)	n/a

The SBL Brown Swiss import was called Aron with a Swiss registration of 4696 Egg.

The only other Swiss Simmental import of 1967/68 was a bull calf named Bismark (calved Feb 20, 1967), owned by L K Ranches Ltd., of Bassano AB. He was farm-quarantined in Ontario and subsequently left there for stud, but soon proved to be an exceptional bull as well.