Show INTEREST IN BETTER SIRES records record show shew campaign for purebred Pure bredo has ha extended to all states and island possessions loni yr ira by th the stat baatu departs sat 0 f agriculture with exactly persons enrolled in the hetler better sires better stock campaign at the close of the calendar year 1921 1021 records of the united states department of agriculture show a continued interest lu in this work which aich has extended to all states and sev arul manil island possessions during the year the number of 0 live stock owned by the persons enrolled increased from about to the figures include both male and female stock all of the males are purebred and the females which may be of varied breeding are akred in ull all cases to purebred sires it Is noteworthy that 56 per cent of all female stock listed in the better sires campaign are purebred tills figure 1 1 per cent higher than a year abear ago the effect of the use of purebred sires in reducing the number of scrub animals on oil forms farms Is shown by the small proportion of scrubs in herds and flocks headed by purebred males vie figure at tile end of the calendar year 1920 was wag 1 21 I per cent and tor for 1821 1 19 per cent scrubs in such herds at the request of several state extension workers a special report ha been made for the last three months of 1021 1921 with respect ta t progress by states enrollments of persons agreeing to put their live stock on a pure bred sire basis totaled the greatest trea test activity during the quarter was in ohio nebraska coming next followed in turn by washington virginia ginia kentucky and north dakota in ID the order named the leading counties during the quarter were hardin county ohio with persons signing enrollment blanks Kit kittitas titas county wash was second with 56 enrollments belmont county ohio 40 49 grand forks county N D 47 other active count counties es A castor NO pound registered morgan horse hone were kills ellis okla gallia ohio and lewis wash these results make hardin county ohio wl with th a total of 0 enrollments the third highest county in the united states the first and second being pulaski county va and greenville S C vie widespread interest in the use of purebred sires as a means of improving live stock Is evident from the number of counties where the work has already gone forward ahe stock owners in counties and to la addition lu in the islands of guam and porto rico were participating in the work at the end of the calendar year summary of results in better sires sire better stock campaign octo ber 1 1919 to december 31 1921 by states state having more than 1000 animals animal listed lifted persons animally AnImal lp poultry state stata enrolled Di rolled listed listed virginia akl nebraska 1000 2000 ohio south carolina 47 washington kentucky au massachusetts 1 texas 12 W vermont verano ac connecticut 96 fess 3 indiana 67 97 fon 9 north carolina if 95 1488 1489 3 1179 1 1 Okla oklahoma horna 73 37 florida 72 colorado u 71 7 1 2647 3 wisconsin 63 2 2862 4 west virbinia Vir zinia 63 62 1734 aj aa north dakota ra 53 1294 14 baz south dalk dakota 60 50 4 91 utah 45 oa 2114 montana 42 ea 2000 vew new mexico 40 1 navada 17 I 1 new ew york lt 21 1269 1201 1304 idaho baho 17 1069 |