Show I f p PUREBRED FEMALES FEMALE S G GAUi AIN tb r Rapid Improvement of uVe g t b of Brought About by Bet Better ter hires tb Better Stock Campaign It Prepared by tit the Un United State t atee it ita of a a tat When farmers adopt purebred I j to head their herds and flocks si sir It r u is s long before the percentage aIt to I females Increases noticeably This j i tendency toward m more ore ra e tl rapid Improvement of live stock ha hag u brought out by the United United States j D of Agriculture In the Il enter i r AB s 1 rl J 5 r 3 1 t I It t r r Ii i iv t J 1 JI I id 1 Use of Purebred Females Is on Rapid Increase Sires Sires Sires- Sires Better Better etter Stock campaign Of a total of more than female ash an- mals listed by farmers who hay Have agreed to keep nothing but purebred sites sires sir es more than 35 per cent are of pure breeding On these farms scrubs have practically disappeared For the r larger animals the reports show V t that mt 1 only 24 per cent of ot the females are are scrubs uhs and undo of ot course the males are of I pure blood as ns that is the basis on which J the time fauns farms are listed i The poultry flocks s owned ownell by these farmers are particularly well wen bred rally only 3 1 per cent of the female birds j t bein being listed as scrubs More than CS GS per cent of or a 0 t total tal of ot birds t tare are entered on time the list as standard standard- y j bred Among the herds of swine iI re i ore are very ery few scrub sows SOws only only 11 per cent Nearly two thirds of them ar are purebred This Timis state federal effort to Improve the he live e stock and anti poultry of the coon coon- try has Imes now brought In a n membership campaign that represents nearly u ml a a million mil million lion head of animals and poultry F Formers who have ha become members have hate sent In Interesting accounts of their experiences In Improving their I animals and their bank accounts account Other farmers who are taking part partia In Inthe the work are ore invited by the department to send semi In n their Individual experiences os as as w wets well ii as os those of ot community organizations organ organ- t J Iza engaged in the Improvement of live stock Definite facts and fi B fig ures ores should be Included whenever pos I stile sible |