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Show Hereford Association Picks Choice I Bulls For Spanish Fork Sale Some 50 head of bulls and 15 females which have been carefully care-fully graded by the Utah Extension Exten-sion Service and guaranteed to be grade "B" or better, make up the choice offering at the Spanish Fork Hereford Sale on December 9, according to Vcarl A. Peterson, president of the Utah Hereford Association. These quality Herefords have been consigned by 21 of Utah's leading Hereford breeders. George Henderson and Marden Broadbent. Extension livestock specialists, who have graded all of the cattle, have stated that the bulls offered at this sale are really outstanding. Most of the bulls have been graded "B Plus." This is a definite advance from 10 years ago. "Ten years ago we were still spending thousands of dollars each year in other states for foundation stock," Mr. Peterson said. "Our cattle were generally of lower quality than those in our neighboring states. Many poor bulls were being used.. "The mistaken belief that cheap bulls save money was the watch word. But not so today. By closely culling herds and by a state-wide bull grading program pro-gram carried on by the Utah Extension Service, together with the rangemen's program of only allowing bulls of grade "B" or better on Utah ranges, herds have shown vast improvement. "Today Utah does not need to apologize for its cattle. The past five years Utah Hehefords have proven themselves to be far superior su-perior in a majority of western shows. No longer does the rangemaii need, to go out of the ! state to buy bulls. He can find just what he wants here at home. "The breeders of registered pure bred Hereford cattle in Utah have gone to considerable expense to select the type and quality of foundation stock that meet Utah range conditions. jThen, too, fat steers, bred in l Utah, have topped the markets in Chicago, Denver and Los An-Igeles An-Igeles several times this year. j After all, in the selection of a bull at the Utah sales the determining de-termining factor is -what can he 'do for my range herd? Will he put extra bone, size, scale, smoothness, stamina and vigor into the naw calf crop?' "It is the desire of the purebred pure-bred breeder to bring out the qualities necessary for the most I economical beef production in the bulls he sells. He is anxious to see that the blood of his ood Hereford bulls ultimately finds its way into the range herds of j the country, there to add just a little more to the improvement of the calf crops that now account ac-count for the major part of the nation's beef. That's why these purebred Hereford sales deserve state-wide support," Peterson concluded. |