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Show 350 Bulls Graded In Millard County For Associations To date more than 350 range bulls have been graded in Millard County. Cattlemen have shown a keen interest in having their bulls graded and in going around in a tour to observe other bulls belonging belong-ing to their neighbors. The program of bull grading is primarily for the purpose of helping help-ing farmers learn the good points to look for when purchasing a bull. Too many bulls of poor quality are run on the ranges of this state. Millard County is no exception. In the grading program, bulls were classified from D to A with plus' and minus' being shown. D bulls are definintely not good e-nough, e-nough, and in some communities, C bulls are not good enough. The kind of bull a livestock man intends in-tends to run, of course, is of no concern to those who grade bulls, but it might concern his neighbors, who have to run cattle with the owner of a poor bull. Every cattleman cattle-man is in the business of raising cattle to make a profit. Everyone knows that cattle are raised for meat, and the animal that can put on the most meat, under the same conditions, is the one that is wanted. Bulls that can sire animals that will grade choice when placed in the feed yard are the ones wanted. Some bulls in the County were found, to be of poor quality. Their conformation was too poor to produce pro-duce calves that could be fed out as choice market animals. Good bulls usually produce calves that will fatten and grade choice if fed long enough. Calves from some of the poorer bulls could never be fed long enough to grade choice. Packing plants are interested in the cattle that will produce the most meat on the dressed basis. Some bulls raised on the open range, just can not produce the kind of cattle that the packers want and should not be used. It was interesting to note that farmers who had gone out and purchased pur-chased their bulls from breeders had better bulls. Those who buy from truckers usually have the poorer quality bulls. The west side of Millard County had better bulls than the east side. Those whose bulls were not graded grad-ed will have the privilege of having hav-ing them graded during the fall. A more detailed report of the bull grading will be sent to the officers of each cattle association and to the board members of the Grazing Association. |