SELECTION OF BULLS
IMPORTANT MEASURE SUGGESTED IN AUSTRALIA ELIMINATION OF THE SCRUB To not a few dairy farmers a bull is a bull, and nothing else. As long as he gets the cow in calf that is all they are worried about. They are not interested as to whether he possesses the ability to pass on any desirable traits in his character that will make fer high production, nor are they particularly interested in his ancestry. There are already too many scrub bulls in this country without farmers actually perpetuating the menace in this manner. New Zealand breeders should be particularly interested in the fate of the Cattle Breeding Bill, which is receiving the attention of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria. The principal object of the Bill is elimination of scrub bulls. Opposition has been expressed to clause 3 of the Bill, which provides that any bull which does not conform to a reasonable standard in respect to type, confirmation of breeding, and does not show manifest evidence of the breed characteristics of one of the recognised breeds of cattle appropriate to dairy or beef production, should be condemned.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 28 November 1938, Page 5
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189SELECTION OF BULLS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 28 November 1938, Page 5
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