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Last October, 74 bulls (49 Angus, 22 Hereford and 2 Shorthorn) were started on an official 140 day R.O.P. feeding test* at the Culpeper Enterprise InCr' property on the . Madison road, tivee-or-four miles wet of Culpeper. All bulls^Jiad met the minimum requirements, based oh their weaning index, for entry in die feeding test. Their average daily gain from birth to weaning was 2.13 pounds per day. All bulls graded choice or fancy and 54 met requirements for registration •r' !i Performance Registry International. The, average weaning index was 131.
TV— bull1- v-n: *>'■ s'dd '■* public auction on April 2nd and will range in ages from 11 to 18 mo. r: ?ale time. ‘
To date it looks like a real opportunity to the feeder calf producer to make a wise selection with much of the risk eliminated. Better mark April 2nd on that new 1949 calendar now! You m::y be needing a bull.
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Seemingly the price buyers are witling to pay today for feeder calves with desirable records of performance is proportionate to their understanding of the* facts uncovered by official testing. For instance, the Culpeper Feeder Calf Sale last September offered several small pens of R.O.P. calves with
✓"the price was
that paid for
57.6%