Show DAIRY SIRES ARE SOLD TOO QUICK bulls should get a chance to prove merit if a dairy herd sire Is worth putting at the hend head of a herd berd he be Is worth keeping until the effect of his breeding Is known says cays C Q A smith extension dal dairyman ryman for or tile the colorado agricultural college in most cases herd sires are disposed of before their true worth Is known smith adds tinny many a good bull has gone to the butcher too soon because he was mean or the dairyman had a large larg num number er of his daughters in the herd and needed some new blood 1 dairymen with large lie herds ads can afford to have more than one herd sire but those with small herds can exchange bulls with the neighbors or form bull circles it la Is suggested such an all arrangement would eliminate the access necessity ity of purchasing a new sire every two years and would keep ninny many good bulls in service much longer dairy bulls should be kept in a bull paddock at all t times imes it Is advised tile the meanest of aged bulls can be handled with safety in a well constructed strutted ted teo paddock practically all of the herd sires in use on herds owned by members embers in of the col colorado orado dalry dairy herd improvement associations actions are pure bleds of good type and breeding and in roost most cases were purchased to improve the production gad and type of the herds such good herd sires should be given full OPP opportunities to show their merits smith concludes |