Farmer takes to Facebook to auction bull

SHIMLA: A Himachal Pradesh farmer has taken to social networking sites to publicise the auction details of his 30-month-old Murrah bull carrying a price tag of Rs 5 crore. The auction is likely to take place on Friday in the presence of a string of local politicians. Himachali Ranjha who weighs 1,000 kg, stretches 13 feet and is 5ft 8in tall has become a crowd puller at Ghori Dhaviri panchayat in Hamirpur district.
Naresh Soni, 44, who runs two jewellery shops, said if a Murrah bull, `Yuvraj', of Haryana`s Kuruskshetra could carry a price tag of RS 9 crore, his own could easily fetch Rs 5 crore.The owners of Murrah bulls earn handsome income by selling sperm doses.
Himachali Ranjha's diet includes 2.5kg soybean, 2.5 kg chana, 10kg cattle feed and 1kg desi ghee, besides lots of apples. To ensure that the bull keeps shining, two litres of mustard oil is used for his massage every day , Soni said.This costs `1,500. Soni has put out auction details on Facebook and other sites to attract buyers from states including Punjab and Haryana. The bull's another “USP“ is he has not mated yet.
Soni has invited Bilaspur MLA Bamber Thakur and others. “I will be there to see the bull carrying such a price tag,“ Thakur said.