Show look it at that bull buil prof sheldon the eminent english authority on dairying speaks his mind on the vicious practice of using scrubby low grade bulls as aa follows look for instance at the weedy miserable bulls that many farmers are content to use in their herds wretched quadrupeds that should never be allowed to live beyond the age of veal real some men say by way of excuse my poverty not my will consents yet on the other hand it may be remarked that no man can really afford to use inferior low valued bulls in hla his herd that any man should continue to dc so year after year can only be regarded as aa a kind of heedless infatuation which precludes all hope of improvement the bull Is halt the herd Is an axiom which should be drilled into the mind of every farmers farmer a son who Is himself to be a dairy farmer drilled in until he fully realizes what it means that there are many of the present generation of farmelo who do not half comprehend the vast importance of 0 this is in greatly to be feared for it is plainly enough to be seen in the inferior sires that are kept tor for stock purposes it would be interesting to hear th the 0 answers such men would give to the following questions what sort of stock do you expect such euch a bull will get or do aou ou bealls expect to pay your way as a farmer by using a bull like that or what would you say it if you saw an other man burdened with a similar load of crass stupid ityl unfortunate ly it never occurs to them to put such questions to themselves and it Is too commonly nobody s business bu alnese to do so in their default there Is no excuse nowadays for a man who uses scrubby bulls among his cows plenty of well descended bulls are to be had at prices within the reach of any mm man who can afford to keep cattle at all |