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ROFLMAO!
In article , Tim Lamb
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In message , Vir Campestris
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On 13/03/2018 17:30, harry wrote:
No farmer breeds bulls. They are far too dangerous.
The cows get artificial insemination ( from prize winning bulls.)
Bull calves are castrated. They grow faster too and have better
meat.
It so happens many years ago I was told the results of an experiment
carried out by one of the proper experimental farms. 40 years later I
forget which. They actually found that bull calves grow _faster_ than
steers.
They also found they were rather hard to manage.
http://www.bigbeef.co.uk/wp-content/...s-versus-Steer
s.pdf as an example reference. Same weight in 13 months vs 23.
This may be why the Americans stuff their steers with steroids!
And we don't?
--
bert
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