Show County Farm News 13 By hay A. A Thatcher Co Agent Buying HuIng Range Bulls Dulls During the fall months Is usually usually us us- the tho best time for the purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase of range bulls for replace replace- ments monts It Is therefore a good time to review a few details that should be considered in buying bulls t The running of ot bulls on the tho range Is a cooperative venture in which the profit of at every man I running cattle on a particular range e Is influenced by the bulls neighbor runs as well his Iris own For that reason It Is the business business business bus bus- iness of the group to see seo that every bull running on that range is up to a reasonably high stand stand- ard It Is not unreasonable for the cattle association on any range to pass regulations reg regarding Yding the type of oC bulls buns that can bo be run on that range and to enforce those regulations It is only by this means that the quality of ot range cattle can be improved I from year to year It is to the interest of ever every cattleman to work for such regulations in their association and to see that his bulls meet or exceed those Chose regulations reg reg- It is a fact that good bulls cost less to run than poor ones S n-c-S Let me prove m iny my point A good bull may cost He can safely be run on a range where cattle run for six years with very little chance h nce of or inbreeding and if it there was some inbreeding no damage would be done because of the high quality ot of the tho bull If the salvage Y value the of ot the bull for OI balogna was the cost of the tho bull per year would be 29 If on oil the other hand a poor bull was purchased for and run two years rears then sold for 90 for bologna it would cost 30 per year to run that bull Now let us consider the value of ot the brought about by the good bull If each 30 cows have 27 calves and the Increase In value per calf calt Is 4 because of improved quality the return per year for forthe forthe forthe the good bull over the poor bull Is or i In the year six year six period |