MANY POOR BULLS

Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 48, 13 November 1929, Page 2

MANY POOR BULLS

-* OFFERINGS AT RECENT SALES A marked feature of the bull sales held during the past few weeks in the Waikato was that a number of animals, under-sized, unconditioned and unfit for service, should never have been allowed to come forward stated Mr. A. E. Missen, South Auckland representative on the Jersey Council, in discussing the quality of the stock offered. The ructioneers, said Mr. Missen, should insist on a minimum bid of 10 gns. for anything that could not draw an opening offer of this amount had no right at a pedigree bull sole.

Another noticeable point in connection with the sales touched on by Mr. Missen was that many ot the bulls had never been taught to lead while in several cases they were not rung. It had been forcibly demonstrated at the sales, he continued, that the bulls with a combination of type and butterfat backing commanded the best prices, while even where type was lacking those with good records behind them sold at very satisfactory prices for use in grade herds, showing that the aim in the Waikato, at least, was to increase butterfat production. This, pointed out Mr. Missen, clearly emphasised the soundness of the policy adopted by certain leaders in the dairying industry in stressing the necessity of supporting either the c.o.r. or the group herd t<_st system of testing.