Show SERVICEABLE BREEDING RACK Useful Device When Bull Becomes Heavy Is Not Difficult to Build Must Must Be Braced A bull that Is n a good Individual and that has lias excellent breeding back of him should be kept In service at least until his daughters come In milk If he transmits his breeding to his daughters he should be kept In service until he lie Is no longer longel useful To follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low this plan It Is necessary to exchange exchange ex ex- change han e bulls hulls with other breeders and andIn andIn andin In most cases It will be necessary to use a n breeding rock rack after the bull becomes becomes becomes be be- comes too heavy It Is too often the case that the breeding value of a good bull Is not discovered until he Is dead A ver very serviceable breeding rack can be made as follows Take two planks 2 by 1 12 by 9 feet long and place Ilace them on a level foundation for forthe forthe forthe the floor of or the breeding rack These planks should be placed one and onen one- one Hirt n n M I Durable Breeding Rack for Bull half feet apart In the f front ont part of the rack and two feet In the rear InsIde inside inside in In- side measurements Each side of the breeding rack has three posts made of the same material as the floor which are four feet high In front and one and one half feet In the wear The posts posts are nailed nalle to the floor and a plank 2 by 12 b. b by 9 D feet long Is nailed on the top of the posts Two-Inch Two strips are nailed across the top of the breeding rack at Intervals of oC ten Inches to prevent pre the bull from slip slip- ping The fhe breeding rack racist must be well braced with 2 by as Indicated In Inthe inthe inthe the diagram Four pieces 1 by 6 0 are nailed across the ilie front end to prevent pre It from spreading A 2 by 4 Is nailed across the floor plank Just back of the middle posts A stanchion Is placed d In the front end of the ilie breeding rack which 1 is 13 so constructed that it can be moved backward or forward The The he Prairie Farmer |