Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1919 — ORGANIZE FOR BETTER HERDS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ORGANIZE FOR BETTER HERDS

Farmers Forming Associations for Purpose of Introducing Bulla of Merit of Single Breed. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The co-operative bull association is an effective organization for freeing a community from th# exasperating experience of the scrub bull that roams at large. There Is-scarcely a breeder who has not experienced keen disappointment and financial loss through unrestrained scrub bulls. In the territory covered by a co-operative bull

association in one state only one scrub bull was found where, prior to the organization of the association, there had been 30 scrub bulls. The 80 scrubs have been replaced with five registered bulls. The organization of farmers into an association for the purpose of introducing bulls of merit of a single breed and the elimination of the scrub bull signifies that a definite plan for community herd improvement has been agreed upon. There is at present a widespread in-, terest on the part of individual farmers in herd Improvement through the use of better sires. The winter season affords an opportune time to discuss the subject with one’s neighbors and to perfect the organization of such an association. Farmers’ Bulletin 993, "Co-operative Bull Associations.” which may be secured through application to the United States department of agriculture, gives information these associations and practical methods of forming one.

A Purebred Jersey.