THE AMOUNT EARNED BY A GOOD BULL.
A great many farmers consider a good purebred dairy bull to be. an expensive luxury—an animal that is very nice to have on tho farm, but only an investment for . wealthy men. This is quite' wrong. A good bull can earn more money Ulan cows bought for the same sum. The better bred the cow is the higher the profit she can yield if properly handled. If the farmer wore to put a good bull to his cows and gradually replace the old stock by heifers that gave better yields than their dams, his extra profits would soon more than cover the cost of the bull. But. the money .earned by the bull may be calculated in a more direct way than this. Suppose a farmer has thirty' lowgrade cows and decides to improve his herd with a pedigree bull having good milk records on both his dam’s and his sire's sides. Let us suppose that tho low-grade cows arc worth £lO a head and that the* price of the bull is £4O. It is reasonable to suppose that about twelve heifers will be reared per year.
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Putaruru Press, Volume IV, Issue 115, 7 January 1926, Page 5
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