Show v- v Steady Increase In ease in Pure Better Sires-Better Sires Stock Campaign Shows Increase Increase Increase In- In In In- crease in Members the United States Department Prepared by the byth or of One hundred and fifty new members number of livestock livestock livestock live live- a n month Is the average a stock owners he Better Sires Sires- s- s Better Stock campaign fostered bythe by bythe bythe the bureau of animal Industry United States Department of ot Agriculture adopted the use The members have of pure-bred pure sires for tor all kinds of livestock live livestock livestock stock on their farms Including poul pout In membership Is try This increase believed to be a good Index of progress In this Improvement In live stock country 1 During the three months January to March 31 as shown by by bythe the report industry Industry Industry In In- bureau of animal Just Issued by the stock live-stock owners signed enrollment blanks thus affiliating themselves with the thc stock live I movement and bringing the tb total number number number num num- num- num ber of persons BO so enrolled to Persons participating in this work receive receive re re- re- re from the department educational literature on animal breeding and feeding and also a lithographed sign Pure Bred Sires Exclusively Used on This Farm Many other agencies the toward work striving also ar are at same goal but in most cases their Influence In In- fluence Is not so easy to to measure Leading Counties In the report Just Issued a list of 43 counties shows that each of these areas has more I than n persons who n are using pure bred i sires exclusively for the Improvement of at their herds berdS her s sand and flocks In each of the three leadIng leadIng lead lead- Ing counties the number of persons active In this work exceeds The relative standing of these thes counties follows follows fol- fol follows fol fol- lows County and Pure Bred 1 County Agent Sire Users Pulaski Va E. E. E C. C Grigsby New Haven Conn Raymond Raymond K Clapp Union Ky R. R. R O. O wn Wilson on Special activity in stock live-stock Improvement Im Ira- Improvement provement during January February F and March of this year centered In InN N New w Haven county C Connecticut mn th though gh ugh participants par were Y r listed from 13 counties u tl In 8 states Development of Movement The development d div v l of of- tl the sires better movement during the last six sU years has been mark marked d by a steady Increase i In the number of participants by excellent excellent ex- ex ex support from the agricultural and city press and by direct efforts of stock live organizations and extension extension extension exten exten- sion workers County agricultural agents representing the various states and the United States Department of Agriculture have conducted most of I Ithe the work In their respective respective counties The Department of Agriculture keeps records of progress and furnishes suitable suitable suitable suit suit- able educational literature and ond matlon mation A recent development In the departments department's depart depart- ments ment's service e Is that of lending country country coun coun- try newspapers electrotype cuts and furnishing Illustrations and text matter matter mat mat- ter fer for special editions devoted to lIvestock livestock livestock live lIve- stock Improvement Improve ent |