TRAINING A BULL.
A bull should be halter-broken and taught to stand as well as to lead while lie is still a small calf. A light ring should be placed in his nose when he is eight to ten months old, to be replaced with a stronger one when he grows larger. After a bull is a year old he should always be led with a staff, his keeper walking by his side and not in front, and remembering that the staff is to control the bull and not to pull him along. A bull will resent ill-treatment, and no one should be allowed to tease Or plague him; but he is not a pet and should not be treated as one. For safety, a bull must always be considered dangerous. Lade of exercise has rained many an animal, both with regard to hiß disposition and hig breeding power. Young, and also mature, bulls if they j are of nervous disposition will often take sufficient exercise when given the run of » good yard, i,
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 122, 25 May 1928, Page 17
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TRAINING A BULL.
Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 122, 25 May 1928, Page 17
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