REGISTERING BULLS IN IRELAND
DRASTIC REGULATION.
The dairy farmers in Ireland do not I only recognise the value and importance of a good bull in the dairy herd, •but have taken drastic steps to realise the benefits which are obtainable in this direction. An important Live Stock Breeding Act has been enacted in the Irish Free State and comes into operation very soon. It is provided under it that all bulls calved on or before December 31st, 1924, must be licensed before September 30th, '1925, and that persons having unlicensed bulls of the prescribed age after September 30th will be liable to prosecution, and, on conviction, to a fine of £2O. through this safeguarding of the quality of breeding stock, there is en- : tertained the expectation that within a few years the annual revenue from exported Irish cattle will reach a. higher sum than has ever been got from the stock-raising industry. Any bull to be used for service after September Ist, must be licensed, and to obtain the necessary license the bull must satisfy the inspector appointed of being up to the desired standard of breeding quality and substance, and be suitable for crossing with the cows of the particular district. If the bull falls below the standard and a license is 'withheld, the owner must have the animal castrated within a certain period, or undertake by peiimit to fatten and sell it off for slaughter a s soon as this is possible.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1689, 21 November 1925, Page 2
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