Show To Undertake Survey I IThe The Time bureau of public roads of ot the United States Department of Agri Agriculture I culture will shortly undertake a survey survey sur sur- e vey of time the mileage cost character of construction and general condition of I Ie time tile highways S throughout hout the country it by uy DY the me IDe States stales Department of Agriculture A gain gala of 35 operative co-operative bull associations associations associations asso asso- during the past fiscal year ear Indicates Indicates In In- Indicates that dairy farmers are beginning beginning begin begin- ning to appreciate the value of such organizations According to the dairy division of the United States Depart Depart- nent Dent of Agriculture there were of such inch associations as compared with a year ear ago This is an on Increase of 28 per cent a very elJ satisfactory gain in view of the comparative e newness of the plan This Increase Is attributed by the department to the fact that farmers ire uc beginning to become acq acquainted with the benefits which other farmers nave derived from this form fonn of co co- breeding Both Doth federal and state tate workers have found that mem- mem M a J 4 a Use of Purebred Sires as Improvers of Productive Capacity of ot Cows Is Rapidly Gaining Favor bers are being beng benefited by such cooperative cooperative cooperative co co- co- co operative associations even more than the time organizers had anticipated Some form of operative co breeding Is essential to the proper growth of ot the time dairy Industry in many sections of ot the county country for the reason that the average herd at present is so small smaIl that the owner cannot afford to buy a n good purebred bull buB and it is certain that Hiat the time herds cf the future will not he be large enough to change this condl- condl Mon lon The movement to get wore p people ople living on farms and In vII nil ages t to ke keep p family faintly cows tends to the average size of the herd for or the one or two cows kept by each amily are really a herd In themselves nit hut owners owners of small herds cannot afford afford af of ford ord to keep a bull They therefore depend upon neighboring bulls the operative co-operative association Is one of providing for such cows the lee ervice of high-class high bulls buns The dairy extension men In South Carolina for example realizing the Importance of the operative co bull bun association have made matle it a part of t their campaign for two cows s to each rural family and they have set as a goal the organization In their state of operative co bull associations |