Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad
South poll.


Not heard of that one.


Most bulls you buy these days are garbage.


Thin in the hips and shoulders.


Smaller than the cows. Barely fertile.


No milk...no maternal.

Feminine.

We gave up too much for the sake of "calving ease".


Yeah, the big selling point for most of them is "calving ease". Now, having said that, if you've ever lost a cow trying to have a big calf, or lost a calf because it was simply too big, then it is something to think about. But, as you say, bulls aren't supposed to be little bitty things.