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Show PLAN OF BULL ASSOCIATIONS Modifications of lde6 Suggested by Dairy Division Have Been Tried and Fizzled. (Prepared by the United S'.ntea Department of Agriculture.) Modifications of the bull-association phiii advocated by the dairy division of the United States Department of Agriculture Agri-culture are triad frequently. Mst of these plans consist of loose agreements between two or riore breeders. In some cases a bull is purchased by n group of men. Sometimes two or more breeders breed-ers exchange their bulls. The idea in this case to do dose inbreeding, and yet avoid Inbreeding. A specialist of the department who has had extensive opportunity to observe ob-serve the working of must of theee methods, when asked about their sue- By Breeding to Superior Sires Milk Production Can Be Greatly Increased In-creased in Single Generation and Greater Economy Effected. cess, replied that some o,f them would give excellent results if carried out, but it was generaljy Impossible to get them t" function, for lack of the driving driv-ing power and balancing Influences that are found In the rigular bull association. as-sociation. "These Ideas," he said, "are all right, but they have no working agreements agree-ments nor plans of procedure to properly prop-erly regulate their operation. The experience ex-perience of the department is that such attempts are useless for general adoption, adop-tion, unless organized in a practical, definite, businesslike way by a person of experience who can break down the prejudice) of Individuals. When such a person undertakes the organization of a co-operative breeding enterprlsi In a given locality, lie generally finds-it finds-it easier and more beneficial to form a regular co-operative bull assocla tlon thnn a partnership of the type In dlcated. "When attempts are made to organ ze a bull association It Is nearly al ways the case that most farmers agree readily, on general principles, that the plan is excellent for the other fellow, but no so good for himself. It If necessary to have a community thoroughly thor-oughly Interested In the plan, ant1 familiar with ttB method of operation. oper-ation. Some leader must bring these things about, and It Is most unusual If anyone otlkor than an extension specialist will do this work. Even a oartnershlp of two men Is frequently found to meet with the same difficulty "After a property organlEeel nssocla don has been perfected. It has in It the necessary conditions for perraa-uenoc perraa-uenoc Yet a directing supervision is pereesary to Its fullest success, and this enn best b given by tire regular extension organization of the department depart-ment eo-opernting with the state airri-cultural airri-cultural cotlogefi, and the amount of lierp that can le rendered wrTl depend on how well the form of orarrination fits in with the other work of the extecvpton forces. "Tlie plan of notion emlKKlied In the regular form of cvwperatrve bull association asso-ciation Is a pifln approved by experience. experi-ence. It does better than any other plan In use. It ha been tried, and It works. Rom sort of co-operation for the maintenance of better s?res Is ewen-tlal to th fullest development of the dairy Industry, nnd I ffcouM fidvtee any who nre Interested to stay with the regular nswiclutlon pkin nnd carry It through without compromise." |