BRITISH SHORTHORN BULLS
The suggestion that the standard of British Shorthorn bulls is deteriorating as the result of in-breeding should not be taken too seriously, declares the North British Agriculturist. The responsible Shorthorn breeders of today realise more seriously than their predecessors, probably, the dangers of in-breeding, owing to the growing necessity for producing constitutionally sound stock, if the overseas market is to be held; and no one with any knowledge of these men and what they are doing will question the extraordinary enterprise with which they are carrying on their business. Owing to exceptionally hard times experienced in recent years the number of highclass herds in this country has been seriously reduced, and this fact may, to a certain extent, restrict, the free distributio nof fresh blood, but the opportunities for "refreshing" from time to time as the necessity arises are still ample.
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Waipa Post, Volume 38, Issue 2270, 19 February 1929, Page 3
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144BRITISH SHORTHORN BULLS Waipa Post, Volume 38, Issue 2270, 19 February 1929, Page 3
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