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Southland Times, Issue 22997, 17 September 1936, Page 3

Talking about “theory in agriculture,” a writer in the Farm and Stock Breeder (England) says:—“Less than a century ago our forefathers were able to produce enough food from British soil to feed 24 million people, whereas to-day, with all the clamour about education and the application of science, together with the annual expenditure of miflions of pounds on feeding stuffs, fertilizers, in administrative and research work and the maintenance of a huge army of officials, we are producing only sufficient food from the same land to feed 15 million people.” The display of the fact that a bull has been proved, provided the proof is up, has a decided sales value which owners have been quick to grasp. In like manner sons and daughters of proved bulls are not overlooked. It is a definite proof that breeders with stuff to sell know that the prospective purchaser will not overlook the fact. The buyer is willing to pay more for the bull that has proved up or progeny of such a bull. They prefer tested to untried goods.