Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-28
immature bull will not prove Z regular

immature bull will not prove regular
breeder.
A two-ycar-old bull may serve 20
cows season, wetl.grown three.
year-old bull 80 cows. and q mature
bull two cows day during the breed.
ing season. In all cases the services
should be distributed so that the breed.
ing powers Of the bull are not affected.
bull should remain a vigorous ana
reliable breeder up to 10 years Of age,
and he is at bis best at from four to
six years. Many Of the best breeding
bulls have been sacrificed to the butch.
or long before they reached their prime
and before their actual value az sires
was known.
Extremely fat or extremely thin bulls
are uncertain breeders. The bull
should be kept in thrifty condition at
all times by the use of succulent feeds
and a well-baIanced ration when grain
is necessary. and by receiving plenty
of exercise regularly, especially during
the periods when he is not being used
for breeding purposes.
When grass is available the bull
should be kept largely on pasture ana
grain should be fed only when he
shows signs of going down in condition.
During the period of the year when
cattle cannot be on pasture. the ma
ture bull should maintain himself
largely on roughage and be fed only
enough grain to keep up his body
weight. A satisfactory grain ration
for the bull when he is on pasture or
being fed lcgminous hay consists Of
six parts oats. three parts corn. three
parts bran by weight. When non.
leguminous roughage Is being fed. the
bull should receive one and one-half
pounds of cottonseed meal or linseed
oilmeal each day.
The bull should be housed in an open
shed Or a well-ventilated. not drafty.
building with an open. grassy. strongly
fenced paddock to which he has access
at all times. With pure bred cattle or
in grade herd small enough so that a
record can be kept of the breeding Of
each COW. the bull may be kept in tho
paddock and the COWS brought to him
for service when~- they come in heat.
This arrangement requires more care
on the part of the breeder than If the
bull runs with the cows during the
breeding sea son. but fewer bulls are
required and there is less danger that
the bull will break fences and make
himself generally disagreeable about
the ncighborhood.
Rcef bulls in general are more quiet
and Emphatic in disposition than dairy
bulls. Beef bulls are noted for their
docility and good tempers. and unless
abused at some time or other should
be- gentle and trustworthy. All bulls
should be rung when quite young.
Quiet bulls should be handled with a
strap snapped in the ring. while bull
staff should be used with wild bull.
A bull should be handled on foot rather
than with a horse. as a horse is unable
to move quickly enough to escape an
cnragcd bun in close quarters. The
bull should not be bothered or handled
unnecessarily. All that is necessary is
to keep his quarters sanitary, to pro-
vide plenty of water, shelter grass,
salt and to trim his feet and clean his
sheath whenever necessary.
Marketing
No section of the United States has
more consumers in it's midst in proper
ton TO its area than has New England.
Here are located the great manufac-
turing and meat consuming centers of
America. Here are located the great
ccnters of Jewish population whose
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