Show Pure Bred Sires Gaining Headway Twelve Thousand Farmers Now Pledged to Use Only S Improved Stock Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture Farmers who have Joined j the Better Better Beter Bet ter er Sires-Better Sires Stock campaign and andy to use pledged themselves by y so doing only pure bred sires of any kind on their farms now number more than according acc to the latest figures s published d d by the United U States De Department Department Department De De- 0 of ot Agriculture This campaign campaign cam cam- was begun by b various arlous states and the department four years ago and has been gaining headway ever since Ince During During- the sixteenth quarter of V K 1 S u S i- i Pure Bred Beef Heifer Helfer 1 this period the three months ending I September 30 persons enrolled i from 11 states Each farmer who signs the pledge lists the numbers numbers' of different kinds of of live stock owned and nd the records now show that those taking part In this movement for live Uve livestock livestock stock Improvement own nearly animals and close to head hend of Df f poultry States With Largest Membership The states now having haying the largest membership are Ohio Obio with 2758 Virginia with 2227 Kentucky with 1508 and Nebraska with 1439 Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky tacky and Vermont made the largest gains In the last three months The T e counties making the best showings In Inthis Inthis inthis this period were Windsor county Vermont Vermont Vermont Ver Ver- mont and Union county Kentucky but Pulaski county Virginia Is still stUl far In the lead of all counties with a membership of farmers and breed breed- the last quarter 20 new ers era er During members me were added In this county The records kept by the Department Department Depart Depart- interesting Interesting inter Inter- ment of Agriculture show some stock esting eating facts concerning the live owned by those who have signed the pledges All the th males kept ept must be pure bred but females may be pure purebred purebred purebred bred crossbred grade or scrub There are more pure bred females among thet the t t 5 2 J l' l lr r i it t- t S a I lr i 0 1 i y A Scrub Female swine kept than In any other oth r kind of animals listed lIsted- listed 29 per cent Cattle I come second In this respect As high 72 cent of the mares are fire as ns per n j in In I. I I. tins this re r grades v sheep shee eliann p come cum next UC I. I AU Only 1 per per cent of the swine are classed as scrubs 12 per cent of ot the tile sheep 33 per cent cen of the cattle These figures fi fig and 41 per cent of horses ures urea it much be remembered apply but farms where nothing only to these pure bred sires are used Sign of Identification Many Inny of the farms of the members Stock of the Better Detter Sires Sires Better Better campaign may be Identified from the sign siga supplied by the highway by y a department which bears the words Used on Exclusively Pure lure Bred Sires the This Farm Each sign bears owners owner's membership number A list of the tile officials officials' in the various the better- better states who have l ave charge of sires elres activities has been compiled and may be obtained from the Department of ot Agriculture Washington n D. D C. C |