Show I CAMPAIGN FOR BETT BETTER R SIRES I Nearly Head of Stock Enrolled En En- rolled Large rolled Large Number of Females Females Females Fe Fe- males Shown in Records Prepared by ly the tile United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of ot Agriculture In hI the tue three months months' period ending December 31 31 more than timan head of live stock and aud poultry were enrolled by owners In the the Better Sires Better Stock campaign now In progress to Improve the quality of domestic domestic do do- animals In the United States I This is a large Increase over the time number number number num num- ber enrolled during the previous ter Of the stock listed were males and in lu accordance with the provisions of or the time campaign all these were purebred Time The female stock numbered and amid the time owners O have ha pledged themselves to breed this stock lock to sires only The Time county showing greatest activity actis' actis ity in the time campaign for tor better live livestock livestock livestock stock during the time quarterly period was wn Saline count county Neb Next In order are Stafford county Va TIppecanoe county Ind lad Pulaski count county Vu county county- Va Ya and Platte Platte- county Neb Craig county count Va stands out as fiS the time principal count county since shuc the time beginning of the time campaign in which there appears to be a strong tendency for crossbreeding During the quarter just ended 17 Better DUring Sires-Better Sires Stock emblems were ere Issued to live lIvo stock owners in Cral Craig county and all of them own owned d cross- cross crossI I Crossbred animals were ere im impartially im- im partially distributed distrIbute among all all' classes class class- es Cs of stock Including poultry The Time records of the time better sire campaign cam cam- continue to show that persons using purebred sires for Ol- Ol nIl all classes of animals owned have ha a a large number of purebred females as we well weli In Intact of the females felOnIes recorded during i ithe the time last quarter were purebred The Time remainder arranged according to number were grades and scrubs Significant figures In the time progress of tb the wide nation Ide campaign to Increase tim th the use of or purebred sires are the following fol fol- fol- fol VIn 10 lowing Up to to December 31 1920 the total number of persons enrolled was Of these 1075 are in Virginia which is the time highest state in number of enrollments enrollments en en- and are In Pulaski count county Va Ya which retains Its place as the time foremost county The Time total stock listed I ls ol pt r p poultry larger animals Among the time latter iatter cat cut r Good Type of Bull Being Used in Better Sire Campaign tie I lead ad with followed by br sheep and swine In order Smaller numbers of horses goats and asses make up up the remainder er As regards quality If the time fe female ale alestock stock fowls are first with wilum 70 per cent purebreds and swine next with 65 05 per cent while 37 7 per cent of ot the cows are purebred Grade female stock ranks highest with horses sheep and cattle in the order named Crossbreeding Crossbreeding Cross Cross- breeding is much more prevalent with sheep than timan with any other class s of sto stock k Only 2 per cent of all the female female female fe fe- fe- fe male stock recorded as being bred bred to to purebred sires are s scrubs rubs and the lowest lowest lowest low low- est proportions proportions' of o these are found in sheep and swine |