GOOD BREEDING PAYS.
Cm of the factors that is injuring the dairy business is that so many fanners are content to use any kind of bull that will get their cows in calf. It is not fair, though, to place all the blame on the bull for a great nuuiy of the cows should not i raise a profitable calf if matcd v to the best !»;:).: in the country. Some farmers appreciate the value of a good bull :nv.l wc frequently hear them speak, of their herd header, which might he a very good one. as though he were j.ot'ng to regenerate the whole h?rd in a very few years and then wh?n wc see the cows we find a lot. of a u '-- mals of uon-d<*script breeding—a great many of them just mean scrub cows. It seems like throwing money away to buy a good bull to mate with such females. But it is perhaps better than using a scrub bull. This grading up process is a slow one. Instead of putting all the money into a bull, i! farmers would keep the'ir eyes open for good cows as well and thus improve both sides at the same time they would much more quickly get the results they are after.—Exchange.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 649, 7 March 1914, Page 6
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211GOOD BREEDING PAYS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 649, 7 March 1914, Page 6
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