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Show DAIRY yf POINTS f 30D OF BULL. ASSOCIATIONS h . 1 limals Are of Better Quality Than ' ' Ordinary Run of Sires Prl-r Prl-r vately Owned. prepared by the United States Depart-:,) Depart-:,) ment of Agriculture.) ty A survey recently made In connec-Ijpn connec-Ijpn with the "better sires better ft uck" campaign carried on by the 'Inited States Department, of Agrlcul-! Agrlcul-! ..re shows a general ratio of 1 bull every 3S.9 cows. Experience, howler, how-ler, in Pennsylvania, the state which I :ads in the number of bull associations, associa-tions, shows tl 93 bulls are suffi-,n suffi-,n 'cnt for the 5,lo4 cows belonging to ajierobers of the bulJ associations, or lfo average of about 1 bull for every 'p cows. These figures arc taken from bull-association directory recently sued by the daiiy division. United Hates r"rnrtment of Agriculture. aj!lf the members of these associations wned their bulls individually, at the 1sual ratio of 1 bull for every. 1.!) ows, they would need 2'JO bulls intend in-tend of 93. Yet tbe 93 bulls give the equlred service as effectively as 290 jji ; , fhe Type of Animal That Is Gaining I Popularity Because of the "Better, , Sires Better. Stock',' Campaign. !l'sruld do, and in fact better, because 1 . resulting, offspring are better. The ilsoclation bulls are of better quality "than the ordinary run of sires privately private-ly owned, and their daughters are apt "to be better-producing cows. J Even this docs not tell the whole ptory. After an Individually owned 'Sirchas been used for about two years It Is usually necessary to get a new-one. new-one. In eight years, therefore, these (Pennsylvania farmers, If they owned 1 their bulls separately, would have to "provide themselves with four times "290 bulls, or 1,184; whereas In the bull associations at the end of two years they simply move each bull to another herd. The origiual 93 bulls, If they nil live and do well, can be used for the whole eight years. There is quite a difference between the cost of 93 bulls and that of 1,184, to say nothing of the difference In their usefulness, j The members of bull associations (sometimes pay less and always receive re-ceive more for their money than cow j owners who go it alone. |