Show I I Pure Bred re Sires Tres Gaining Headway Twelve Thousand Farmers Now v Pledged to Use Only Improved Stock Prepared by the tho United Department of Agriculture Farmers who have joined the Better Better Bet net ter tel Sires Better Stock campaign and by so doing pledged themselves to u use e only pure bred sires of any kind on their farms now number more than according to the latest figures s published b by the United States Department De De- Department of Agriculture This campaign cum car tiros begun b by various states anti and the department four years ngo ago and has bas been heen gaining headway ever er since During the sixteenth quarter quarter of 33 y J 9 r 9 t I Ia j a I k s' s ff I i I I Pure Bred Beef Heifer this period the three months ending September 30 persons enrolled from roam 11 states Each Euch farmer who sl signs ns the pled pledge e lists the numbers of different kinds of live live stock owned anti the time records now show that those faking InkIng part port in this movement for livestock live livestock stock improvement own o nearly animals and close to head of poultry States With Largest Membership The states now hn having the lar largest est mcm membership are Ohio with 2758 Virginia with 22 2227 Kentucky with 1508 1308 and Nebraska with 1430 1439 Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky and Vermont Vet made the largest est gains In the last three ee months The rhe counties making the best hest showings in inthis inthis this tills period were Windsor count county counter Vermont Vermont Ver Ver- ermont mont and Union county Kentucky but Pulaski county count Ir Virginia Is still far In the time lead lend of all counties with a membership of farmers and breed breet ers During the III last t quarter 20 new members were added in this count county The fhe records kept h by the Department Depart Depart- Department ment of A Agriculture show some interesting inter Inter- esting facts concerning the time live stock own owned ell b by those who have signed the pledges All the males I kept ept must be pure bred but ut females mn may be pure purebred purebred purebred bred crossbred grade or scrub There are more pure bred females among the ther I r y C 1 f. f ri SeX r U A Scrub Female swine kept than in any other kind of ot animals listed listed per cent Cattle come came second In this respect As high as 72 per cent of the mares are grades rades sheep come conme next In this re re- re- re Only 1 per cent of the time swine are classed as ns scrubs s 12 per lIer cent of the sheep 33 per cent of the cattle and 41 per cent of horses These figures fig fig- figures fig ures it much be remembered apply only to these farms where nothing but pure bred brel sires are ure us used d Sign of Identification Many o of the farms of the members of th time the Better Sires Sires Letter Better Stock campaign may amity be identified from the time highway nl by hy a sl sign n supplied b by the time department which bears the words Pure Bred Sires Exclusively Used on This Farm Each si sign n bears hears the time owners owner's membership number A list of the officials In the various states tes who have charge of the better- better sires activities has been heen compiled and nH may be obtained from front the time Department of ot A Agriculture Washington ton D D. D C. C |