Show Mime Mime- H Ph h r I LIVE N ST STOCK 1 I I J NEWS it PUREBRED FEMALES GAINING Striking Development in State Federal Campaign for Live Stock 1 Improvement Prepared by the the- United State Department of 01 Agriculture Noteworthy progress during the last three months in the state federal campaign campaign campaign cam cam- for stock live improvement is reported reported re re- reported ported by the bureau of animal industry indus indus- industry try United States Department of ot Ag Ag- The most striking development develop develop- development ment is the increasing tendency for purebred sire purebred sire users to acquire purebred purebred pure puro- bred female stock as well In the period of January 1 to March 31 of ot this year ear 00 persona persons filed with the department signed enrollment blanks Indorsed b by count county agents showing the use of ot purebred sires exclusively for all classes of live stock kept This number Is an Increase of ot over the previous three months and is nearly three times as man many as uS for the same period In 1021 1921 Although the department has has' stressed chiefly the use of ot purebred sires records of the Better Sires Better Better Bet Bet- ter Stock campaign show a gradual rise In the proportion of purebred female female fe te fe- fe male animals including cattle caUle horses swine sheep goats and poultry Th The proportion of ot purebreds to the total of ot female animals kept now exceeds 35 85 per cent A decline In the proportion of If scrub females in herds headed by sires accompanied the rise In purebreds The greatest activity during the quarter was vms In Ohio where persons persons per per- sons were enrolled more enrolled more than half halt of the total Nebraska came second with enrollments Washington third with and Kentucky fourth with A new state Michigan entered the campaign actively Virginia has been boen the premier state since the beginnIng beginning be be- ginning of ot the campaign from the standpoint of persons participating Nebraska occupies first place in number num number ber of animals being bred to purebred sires Ohio which at the beginning of the year occupied third place is now Second and is fast approaching the leader The returns from Green coun coun- I 4 f rewn f r VS 1 OF lq iA A Purebred Dairy Cow ty Ohio show a unique result There were persons enrolled The live livestock livestock stock owned totaled and among these there was but one scrub a It sow There was an nn abundance however of grades and crossbreeds Indicating widespread spread use of ot purebred sires In Inthe Inthe Inthe the county Among the ten counties In the United States highest in number num num- number ber of ot sire purebred enrollments four are in Ohio One of ot them HardIn count county is second only to Pulaski county county coun coun- t ty Y Virginia The most active counties during the three months' months period were Hancock and Green counties Ohio Kittitas county Washington Oldham county Kentucky Dodge county Nebraska and HardIn county Ohio Comments Comment received by the department from livestock live live- livestock stock users show an Increasing appreciation appreciation of or the value of purebreds Numerous Numerous Nu Nu- disposals of ot grade sires to be replaced by Jy purebreds are reported |