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Show -BMaM-BWMMWllM-MIUiaiHMH-WMMt(n-l-Mt-H----- IMPROVE QUALIF OF COUNTY LIVE STOCK Unique and Successful Community Commu-nity Association in Virginia. Specialists Believe Thero la Fertllo Field for Formation of Similar Club Throughout Country Overhtoad Coat Saved. (I'rrimrtd hf th UnlUd tutu Dprt-mtnt Dprt-mtnt of Acrieulture.) One of tho mSt unique nnd suececa ful community bredera' AMOclatloaa of tho country Is locntod In Ixudonn-county, Ixudonn-county, Vn. It In unusual bcUM Instead In-stead of .fostering thu breeding and Improvement of n single class of live stock, it sponsors tho improvement of night breeds nnd classes of livo stock. The excellence of such a plan Is that 'duplication In work and extra oxpcnsu are eliminated, while thu society is really standardizing the production of purebred livo stock within Loudoun county. Guernsey and Shorthorn cattle, Per-cheron Per-cheron horses, Berkshire nnd Duroc Jersey hogs, Shropshire sheep, nnd Rhode Island Red and Barred Plymouth Ply-mouth Rock poultry have been select- Purebred Guernsey Bull, the Typo of Animal That Is Gaining Popularity Because of the Better-Slre-Better-Stock CampalQn. cd In public meeting by tho farmers and stockmen of that section as tho dominant breeds of tho county. Q'ho Loudoun County Breeders' association, as-sociation, organized in 1M0 by Joint efforts of tho county agent, a progressive progres-sive banker, and n few forward-looking farmers, has grown from an original orig-inal strength of GO to over 250 active members. Through Its mnnager It1 purclinscs and sells live stock for Its members and has been of marked Influence In-fluence In Improving tho character and quality of tho county live stock. Specialists of tlio department of agriculture ag-riculture believe that there is a fertile fer-tile Held for tho formation of similar live stock breeding clubs throughout tho United States. In nomo of the lending stqek-producing areas four or live, or even more, Individual breeders' clubs now exist, whoreas one gonornl' organization saves an overhead cost nnd permits of the hiring of a paid business mnnnger ns In Loudoun county. |