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grades, from the very mixed Jersey-Friesland and Africander 



foundations. This finding encourages the owner of the ranch 

 in his idea of persisting with Coates Shorthorn % bulls of the 

 right stamp. The paramount idea has been to produce an ox 

 matured at three to four years, and dressing up to 800 lbs., 

 from the veld alone. 



" At present on the ranch there are some 2500 head of cattle, 

 which numbers are being gradually augmented. Of this num- 

 ber, 1000 head are breeding cows and heifers. For this number 

 of females there are kept eighteen bulls. 



" The cows are offered service at any time during the year, 



Mi; kino Prizewinners at Witwatersrand Agricultural Show, 

 South Africa 



there being no fixed service period. Thus, calves are dropped 

 every month. The method of service is to take the stabled 

 bulls down to the various watering places and to await the 

 arrival of the cows from the veld. In this way there may be 

 Berved, say, four or more cows in a morning, and in the after- 

 noon different bulls are taken down. It has been found in- 

 advisable to allow a bull more than three cows in any one day. 

 Thus, the dry herd, at the height of the season, will require 

 the services of as many as six different bulls in the one day. 

 In the far distant camps there are erected bull sub-stations, so 

 that the bulls may be kept at their stations without the long 

 i rek back to headquarters, being fed and cared for near one of 

 the watering installations. 



