Show athe DAIRY N 0 SQUARE DEAL FOR HERD SIRE URGED safety and profit found in proper bull pen dairy bulls are not setting getting a square atal figured from the th e standpoint of the owners financial welfare no herd sire should be pampered sentiment Is wasted on a bull according to prof H A hopper of the new york state college of agriculture neither should a bull be abused and kept under such conditions as thou sands landa of them have to endure this treat treatment meat saps t their b e i r v vitality i tal lt y m makes a k e s them useless as b bleeders breeders bre r e e eders d er s and n d con converts v e r tf j sullen fullen bulls almost certainly into man killing monsters he nys many bulls are kept through the w winter inter and an often throughout the year 1 in close confinement under unsanitary conditions others are turned out with the herd 1 in n summer tor for exercise the these a bract practices i ce baummer are bad he says because they either shorten the I 1 life ife of the sire alre and impair his usefulness or they endanger the lives of illi all persons who care for him proper care should provide two things to keep the hen health 11 t and vigor and to insure absolute safety any bull worth keeping represents a considerable investment ue he should be it a good individual have a record backing much better than that of any cow in the herd and as an investment he may represent the combined value of two or three cows such an investment la Is worthy of a safe bull pen to maintain MaInt aln health and vigor and the safety of the owner with such a pen a bull may be fed watered the still stall cleaned and cows bred without danger to the attendant |