Show PUREBRED STOCK IS AID TO prosperity high grade herds and flocks are arc cause of wealth department t of agriculture hike hai been especially interested Inte retted in survey conducted in eloga county new york prepared Prep irea by the united states department of 0 agriculture how closely la Is the prosperity of 0 a community related to the proportion of hell well bred ilie hie stock in it frequently it la asserted that purebred and ad high grade herds and flocks are the result of wealth rather than the cause ause of it in its effort to throw light on tills this question the united states department of agriculture has haa been especially interested la in a survey conducted in ologa county rew new york as apart a part of the program of work of the firm farm bureau which believes in purebreds as a contributing factor in farm prosperity according to data furnished the department part ment by harold B fuller filler of tile the farm bureau th the e revealed the purebred sir saru are ar contributing factor in farm prosperity fact that only about BO 50 per cent of the sires used in tile the dairy herds of the county are the remainder are elther grades or scrubs about 20 per cent of the cows listed are purebred these animals are for the most scattered scatter ei through a large number of herds showing that the average dairyman Is worfie fag into purebreds as aa fast nit na financial conditions will permit in studying the cedros it la 14 noticed immediately that tile most prosper ous sections of the county have high grades and purebred si taix Is not confined entirely to the tho galley forms farms bince the town of eloga contains contala i the largest number liui of purebred 35 bulls and 1220 1226 cows cowa of tiny any town in the county newark valley lb la ITI in hilly country for the roost most parti ont it ft Is a prosperous farming sect tom tont it boasts of CS 68 purebred bulls and 04 purebred cows among 1603 or nearly 10 per cent in another town in similar hilly country the agriculture Is more backward the purebred cattle cattie are limited to 11 bulls and tend IS cows cowk out of animals which as but little more than 5 per cent similar differences were noted in sir other townships surveyed the floca county farm barev ti Is starting on a campaign to ell the he scrub sire from tile the herds of the tha county at tile tha fall county fair in september it n purebred bull hold held on the last day the antman were sold to the highest bidder regardless gard less of price in some bitses the farm bureau will arrango arrange with men to own n p aire arc ni its a a comm unity and to exchange sires from ore oiw colm coin to another os its time goes on every effort Is made mada to eliminate inferior fenior stock and to place pim ared bulls and heifers heffers wherever ps prible on grade farms vir ras |