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Show VALUE OF PREPOTENT BULLS High-Class Animal Stands Little' Chance of Transmitting Inferior Qualities of Ancestor. The bull Is half the herd. If he Is prepotent, as all good bulls are, he Is much more than half the herd. The purebred bull, all of whose ancestors for several generations were first-class individuals, stands very little chance of transmitting the qualities of some Inferior remote ancestor. In the dairy record center at Fanners" Union, Ontario, On-tario, there were 14 herds of grade cattle. Seven of these herds, comprising compris-ing 82 cows, had always used grade sires. The other seven, comprising 84 cows, bad used purebred sires for Purebred Bull. many years. At creamery prices for milk, one year's record showed a balance bal-ance of $31.51 per cow In favor of the seven herds that had used purebred : sires. ' j |