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hollowing a sound disease control and prevention program. | ib. Keeping brood cows , and herd sires in good breeding condition through production of and allowance of quality roughages, inv nroved pastures, proper balancf between cron land and pasture acreages and livestock numbers. Ptoper nuttition. |e. Having pregnancy tests run on cows5 in fell before going into winter feed supplies. d. Maintaining and using a good bull lot. , j e. Keeping on the alert with regard to what is going ort during the breeding and calving seasons. 3. Having all calves born before grass by: a. Breeding early. b. Culling out all cows that d« not conceive in 90-120 days. j c. Retaining heifers for replaonients from cows that conceive readilv. | d. Keeping on the alert. 4. The calves he produces shoulc grade good or better, gain raoidl) s and possess feed efficiency. Typ< in breeding stock generally means they are true representative of th< breed and high grade. High gradt means good bone (substance) an* meat of the right kind put on ir the right places. Type, George Lit ton says, “Is what makes a mar turn his head for a second lool when a fair damsel passes him or tie street.” j The feeder calf producer has bul two things to sell: type and t pounds. Both must* go hand in hand which is difficult to get, that is unless the owner has his herd enrolled in the Virginia Beef Cattlr Improvement Associations record of performance. He keeps back replacement heifers from his best producing cows as proven by R. O. P., he checks their performance after weaning and culls the poorer ones. He culls his cows based on per formance in producing tVpy and weighty calves. R. O. P. shows him which bulls to mate with
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