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Show mm TflEjW PLAN OF BULL ASSOCIATIONS Modifications of Ideas Eurjuestod by Dairy Division Have Been Trlod and FlzUd. trrt'l"W,Nl W Hi" t tLlle.l H ,it,-M Ivmrtnvfit of A,:rl, ultuo- ) .Moillllentlons of II, e hull iei.-,oei u I Ion plan advoculi-d by tin- dairy division of the I nlti-d States 1 hi rt uiel it of Agrl-eulture Agrl-eulture are Irl.d 1 iv, u, nl lv '. .' t of these plans c..i, ,!:.( of Iocm- hkivi-.ik-iiIk between IWO of n-.rr breeders. Ill some insch a hull Is piirclin-e.l t,v a roiip of men. Soi net lines two or more bn e,-ers e,-ers v li. i ,- their bulls. ''he Idea In this east- lo do close Inbreeding, and vet avoid Inbreeding. A .-! elall.-t of the d.-pa it ilk-iM who lias had e.tei iive i.ppurl 1111 it y lo iili-serve iili-serve the wi.i'hli.g ol nioi-t of linn' methods, win ii a.-!:e, about their "tn- r ... . By Brccdinj to SHiperior Sires Mlik Production Cnn Ce Grejtly Increased In-creased in Sinrjie Generation and Grorter Economy Effected. oo-s, tTplhsl that s-11'.e of Tln ::l v onld give (A'l-llent rifults If carr;-l out. but it vvus genera!,'- 1 1 1 1 ; o-s ! t ' i e to p-t tl.eia tr f.im tlon. for lack of to- iirtv-li:g iirtv-li:g power and lalanclng lniluenct-v that arv fovitid In ihe r-vular bull rvs-P'H-Iathin. "Thi-se Ideas," lie said, "are all right, bui '.hey have no working agrcc-Inei.ts agrcc-Inei.ts nor plans of proriirrjre to properly prop-erly ngulate their operation. TI.? ex-e; ex-e; iei.ce of the department is that "tieh ittenipts are ui-eless for general adoption, adop-tion, unless organlze-1 In a practical. Ue.'.nlte, businesslike way by a person of ex;H.rience who cnn tusaik d'e.vn ti prejudleex of Individuals. When such a person undertakes the orgiuilzatlor .f u co-operative hr-edliig enterprlsi in a given locality, he generally f.ncls It yi-ler and more Unetlcial to fr,ne a reg.i!ar co-or-enitlve bull as-iK'ia :ion than a purttiershlp of t lie ty; e In Heated. "Wlien attempts are made to organ r-e a bull assoclatIin It Is nearly a' ways tho cae that mot farmers ngret readily, on geiienil prii,c'.pli-s, that tho ; ;ilan in excellent for the other fellow j but no so good for himself. It b : norer-sary to b.avo a Co:nint:t.lty thor- ougli! Interested ti tlx- plan, 11:11' j familiar with lis method of opcr atU 5sotne leader imi-1 bring tlie things nlHHU, uiul tt Is most unusna' I If anyone oliur than an cxtenai.rr. speciall-t will do tlds work. Even a eartnershlp of two men Ib feo(elltl found to meet with the same dlfliculty "After a prnjwly organlred nwK-la ,oti lias bten peiTectcd, it has in il the necessary conditions for permanence. perma-nence. Yet a directing supervision fs ncoesary to its fullest eucces. snd this crui best be given try tlve regular eirtisislou organization of tlie dixirt-roont dixirt-roont co-oxfating with tlie Rtate arrri-cultund arrri-cultund colleges, and the amount of help that can be rendered wttl depend on bow well the form of ocerarirarin fits In with the other work of the ertoJilon forces. "The plan of action emtxxlled hi the rirular form of cperntlv lmll aeo-ciivtion aeo-ciivtion Is a plan apprwed by expoti-ene. expoti-ene. It does bolter than any other plan In use. It has been tried, and It works. Some sort of eo-operutlon for the maintenance of hotter feres Is eeseiitlal to the fullest development of the dairy Industry, and I shimld advise any who are Interested to stay tvlLh the regular asochitlon ptan and carry It Lhrough without compromise," |