Show Sires Improved Work Is Encouraged by Breeders The Alabama beef cattle breeders I Face sold ill all of their their- surplus bulls of at breeding age age says K G G. Baker extension extension ex tension market agent ot of that state who recently vIsIted the UnIted States De- De of at Agriculture Mr Baker cites as one reason for this Increased demand for bulls the influence ot of the operative co-operative show and sale ot of feeder cattle held In October at the Montgomery ery Union Stock Yards In cooperation cooperation opera co-opera- tion with the state extension service In tills this event nearly 1200 head ot of cattle were sold at at auction many ot of them going to feedlot buyers representing representing adjoIning and more northern states Before the sale the cattle were all publicly graded for quality size sex etc eta and demonstrations made to show the advantages ot of using pure purebred purebred bred bulls of good quality Producers received from 2 to 8 3 cents per pound more for their cattle under thIs system than they could obtain by marketing them in ung lots to local buyers Plans have bave been made to continue this enterprise as a permanent annual event and It is expected to provide a needed much stimulus to beef cattle production In that section |