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Board of ,Dtectors 1969-70
Past President Jan van Vliet
President ..... „, ..... Krauter
Ist Vice President Armstrong
2nd 'vine President Henry ID.7;x:ef
3rd Vice President James Knight
Directors Ross McCall, Gerdora
Alalavin, Frank Carter, Albert TenPas
Secretary Pee McFadden
Treasurer Rey B. Cousins
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RAPID-GROWING BULLS
FOR PROFITABLE HERDS
WIWI)) rate or ,`rate of gale
is the .mosi important single char-
acteristic of 'beef cattle, says G.
W. Begley, I b specialist with
Um Live. Stock Branch of the
Ontario :Department •of Agrietti
Lora rind Food.
Therefore bulls for breeding
'Should by selected on 11w basis of
their ability to groW rapidly on
feed. Singe rote of gain is Inherit-
ed to a high! degree, ra;)id-growing
hulls should be c),xpk•ted to pro-
(Ince calves with the inherflod
ability to grow rapidly. Further-
more, since cattle which gain
weight more rapidly than average
also :make iiiore efficient use of
reed, this type of ci'i$11() is more
profitable.
Beef bulls have bean perfofnf.,
once-tested for rate of gain in
Ontario since 1950 and roughly
one thousand bulls complete the
performance test each year, The
performance test involves placing
balls of) .a 140-day feeding period,
starting at about eight, and one-
half months of age, to determine
their growth rate,
fir.Ifledley gives some valuable
P'oi`niS Co consider in purehasIng
a performance-tested bull. "It
would seem to be a simple pro-
cess", Mr, Hadly says, 'go select
the bull with the highest rate of
gain On: performance test." How-
ever, it's not, really that s'ffnolo.
The first Problem is that only'
about 12 per cent of the bulls
tested are tested at test stations.
The majority of hulls are tested
at the farm or where they were
bred,
It is relatively easy to select a
hull from a, group of balls tested
at a test station. Since a group of
bulls tested at a station would he
exposed to the same enviroment
and the same feeding conditions
it is a good bet that the fastest-
gaining bull in the group is really
the best bull genetically, Provid-
ed the type is satisfactory, that's
tire bull to buy. At the very least,
a bull that is better than the av-
erage of the group Would Make an
acceptable' purchase.
The same principle applies In
considering, several 1)11115 within a,
herd. If the baits received equal
treatment and were tested at
about the Same time, the highest-
gaining bull would be the first
choice. In buying any tested bull,
there are two important things
to keep in mind. about perfor-
mance. First, the buyer should
find out the herd or station aver-
age, depending WI whether the
hull Was home —'or` station-tested,
Second, lie shot:1A consider not
only the gain but the degree
to which the bull's gain exceeds
Or falls below the average Of the
grehp in Which he was tested.
The next 111'01)10111 is deciding
betWoon bolls itt different herds
since they are naturally exposed
to different tin-iron-lents and feed-
ing and monageinc.nt practices.
Again the host approach is In eon-
Sider each bull's performom,0 in
relation to the average of the
heals in which he. was tested. Per
exaMple. a bull tArat gains 2.7 0
lbs. per day in a grolip that aver-
ages 2.5n lbs. per day is fn a ll
probability 0 much better bull
than it bull Itiat Ailll1R 4,00 lbs lar'I`
tie th jklitn!ll rjti
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