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THE l .\"JOSWOMAN
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A Prize BuU, 1 ho Proporty of t bo Kma.
Bulls and the Land Army.
NL <•I tht• uwst rtHlllll'l nhlo 111 hi<' , ~·mcnt ~
nmoug all tho "ondt•tful1 hing "hit b t hr Land
1~1111) girl ha' o dow• u tht•tr ( xtroordiunry I'U CCCHI
in tlw renriug of bulls. On the fU(' t' of Jl, a ltnuu
l<1"11 giJI-tJmid, thnt t~ 1 "h<·ll• tmar·1•u;;tomcd
t'O nntry thiugR nnd pR.TfH ulnrly unimal ~ nro ('Oll·
,. rn ·d--stJ~'f118 tlw las t JI<.'I'!1 lwgui lit t1 &•t"l·iet Bur. lfl .rt'1:0~nition
<•f ht•• k1lf 111 1 Ill htiiH h of f1trm \\Orl\. 'fh<' tand
gad lreu l lu r hull a
n lt)\nhlo (."l'N\.f\lh.' h"
ht·~ ''lll' tl doe do u o I'' t lam h-tJl<' ortl•nnry
f.um lalx•ua' r ll.J>Prt'il''ht•s l1im \\itb n "tiC·k ht'<'nmt•
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llo is ttfraad, the buJJ rosponds to the man 's estimatt
of Jum nnd gives causo fo r fear. ThQ ma.n driw
his bull and the bull rcsonts i t -the woman leads
h<•rt-a nd the bltll foJlows-meokly!
Hundn·ds of Land Army gi rls hn:vo had to deal
with hulls of all ngcs-m:my havo l'aiYcd, reared and
t vt n l<·d wto the sale• ring prize animals. Some of
tbo <•xJwrl<·nces of t.heao gi1ls may be of intcl'(·st
t.o our readers.
)1arga.ret Starkcy, "ho has rocontly bad <'ntitt•
ohn.rge of n valuable },~rJt•~ian herd, wns "properly "
nfroid of t l l<'JSO nniruals when fl rst s ho join<'cl tlw
Land .Army. Sh<' Sttys :--" Bt•for.., I join~d tq> for
Ja.nd worJ, all I know nbou(, bulls wns tho s tory-book
n·rsion 1 that n bull '~ ns invariably n raging, b<'ilo" ·
tng. chtlrgin~ mom;tc•r, ready to tern
n~ gt•ntlc and fri<' ndl y as the cow~. 'rhc> fir~ t bull
[ really lx>wmc w<'ll acquaan t(\d \\·ith wns a roan
~horthorn, ju~t turned two years old 1 Hnd gr<-at "1.\1'1
111y s urprise at fi rst to $('C th!!i. bull runnin~ wit h