In starting a herd it is wise first to obtain four or five reliable purebred females; these will form the nucleus of the herd. One can build the stud herd, writes an exchange, out of and around those four or five animals. When we are buying a young bull, writes an English authority, we consider his dam the most important individual in his pedigree. She indicates to quite a large extent what we may expect in his daughters. After his dam we want to see his sire, and then his parental granddam.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 874, 18 January 1930, Page 27
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92Untitled Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 874, 18 January 1930, Page 27
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