Show WORK OF BULL association missouri organization doubled in membership in two years because of its usefulness TA two 0 years ago the nitch states of agriculture and cooperating agencies organized orga nixed a hull bull flo association elation in 11 ebster county mo with 31 members now there are twice that many members lue due to the success and usefulness of the risso association clation before the association was formed there were 18 bulls owned by the men who nho afterwards aftem ards joined it upon the formation forr antion of the organization the number of bulls was reduced by two thirds third because after the members hud been arranged into blocks it was found that six bulls were laere enough these were much finer animals however judging them by their money value the new ones vi N ere three or four times as good as the ones they replaced since the overage average Im investment estment per bull was 73 75 before organization and after yet owing to the smaller number of bulls needed under the operative cooperative co arrangement ran gement the cost per ider farmer was but little more the members had 0 on the average invested in their inferior bulls while the superior bulls owned by the association cost each member only this 10 increase of cost per member meant it a increase of value in the individual bulls from which they now jersey bull A sire Is more than tha n half the herd have service one thing which accounts for the doubling of the mern membership of the association after running two years the value of the calf crop will probably show a ery cry much greater increase |