Show NO SUCH THING AS GENTLE BULL now that aliat dairy farming arming lias fins come to tie be no an important part of tile agricultural industry of north carolina and pore bred stuck stock Is being purchased in fit large numbers it la is time to give more attention to handling tile the herd sire in the first place the dairy hull bull must be considered the sire ot of our future herd says dr C D grinnells dairy investigator at state college colleg e if this animal Is as good us as be sit old be he must be liberally fed proper ly ay housed and well exercised S many of our bulls are not fully grown out in developing the young fire we must aini aim to promote rapid grow growth ill with a large inage frame and this calls for good feed and handling cut but the young ore ire must be laught that he Is to be under tile the contral til of bs bg master at no an early age it ft is advisable to insert a ring in 10 his nose and train him film to tent lend with will a staff this should begin when tile the animal Is from nine to twelve months of uge age theo ns as the animal nia tures suites doctor grinnells feed him houi aiice of good quality a 8 liberal concentrate mixture and see that he gets plenty of exorcise exercise respect his strength enough to keep him under control at all times nearly every week one hears of me stock growers being hurt by some bull which was considered harmless doctor grinnells thinks there are few febi euth animals especially Is the dairy sire apt to be ba nervous and arrit irritable 1 ble especially under circumstances new or borange ht bt range with the bringing in of i many new bulls to build up the herd the owner should alvir always lys be prepared to handle his bis animal with firmness and caution early training Is most important properly trained and well fed the young bull may become a valuable herd sire that will build up production and add to the profits of the dairy farm |