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While there is an increase .n awareness of the possible advantages in artificial breeding of beef cattle among local cowmen; one breeder feels its best to hold off until more outstanding bulls can be ‘uncovered’ through record of performance testing.
While “Record of Performance” is becoming a more and more fami liar phase among feeder calf producers it is felt additional “know how” is needed when it comes to selecting a bull based on his performance records.
In the first place just because a bull is a R.O.P. bull doesn’t necessarily mean he is a good bull to buy. Performance Records are essentially a means of selection and culling. It is the best tool cattlemen have ever had for; improving a cow'herd, proving the potenti al value of a future herd sire, or one presently in use; but lets consider what the records mean and how they may be of uSe in selecting a bull. In selecting a R.O.P. bull there are five records to consider: his total index, the type score, his adjusted daily rate of gain while on dam, his average daily gain on feed, and his life time rate of gaii\ All are important. In computing the bull’s life time index, all of these records are considered, how
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