| Show Herd Success Depends on Vigorous Animals Animal No structure is Jia ls- ls secure without t ta a strong foundation Likewise your success sue suc- uc- uc cess in establishing a herd of cattle cattle- cattle depends ori on the strength strength of the foun toun- dation Pedigree is not the time mal main thing although it Is important Constitutional ig vigor r and strong Individual individual individual in In- character are most Important important of all nIt Without these there thele is no dependable dependable dependable de de- de- de foundation upon which t to build These qualities are characterIzed characterIzed character character- by the the following outstanding points Deep heart girth well sprung ribs nn and hips well weil shaped and fine finely chiseled head h horns well set on an and ands s symmetrical strong facial expression express on with large full expressive e eyes se set wide apart In an ample forehead bone bon enough throughout the frame but no not too mu much Cattle Sterility Due to Some Organic I Ill III Barrenness or failure to settle Is a condition which renders the animal incapable incapable in in- capable of becoming pregnant It ma mabe may maybe maybe be a condition due to permanent permanent permanent per per- manent abnormal structure of ot the reproductive reproductive re reo re- re productive organs When so diagnoSed by a a a- veterinarian it is best to sell sel such animal for beef beet Failure to to settle may cony also be caused by a bull that Is diseased or otherwise sterile However It lt is nearly always du due to germ Infection of ot some part port o othe ot of the female reproductive tract It often often oft oft- en cn follows cases of retained p placenta I afterbirth The germs germs attack the tissues of ot the tite reproductive organs ant antso and so fO Impair them as to make male pregnancy h Impossible The Infection kills the I male or 01 female reproductive cells cell or causes expulsion of of- these i cells because because be be- cau cause e of improper I |
