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MANAGEMENT OF YEARLING HERD BULLS Good experimental evidence has been obtained at the Department of Agriculture's Ruakura Animal Research Station to show that excessive use of a yearling herd bull will reduce his fertility in later life. For best results a yearling should not be run with more than 12 to 14 heifers, unless some effort is made to reduce the amount of work he will do.

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Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 53

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MANAGEMENT OF YEARLING HERD BULLS Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 53

MANAGEMENT OF YEARLING HERD BULLS Te Ao Hou, November 1957, Page 53