Show PLAN FOR BULL association I 1 idea de a has been in use in europe for many years but Is comparatively ively now new he here by the th united states state department of all ito alturo every dalry dairy former knows that he would get better returns from his feed and nd labor it if lie he had bad high grade stock but the idea of establishing a blooded herd immediately suggests kd hid glove farming and bankruptcy two thou sard dollar cows find and two dollay milk was one farmers characterization yet the elie united states department of agriculture annually Is leading hundreds of farmers toward tile the pos of herds heras that will vill increase the former milk and beitter fet yield with the same outlay for upkeep one of the most useful Is the operative cooperative co bull isso catlon A DI agh grade cow will import impart her excellent qualities to one calf in a year and the total of high grade farm arm cattle Is increased by one on the other hand a bull whose mother had tho the same milk and butter qualifications cat ions and ghose father Is descended from a milk and butter strain may sire as many as 75 calves each carrying its sharo share of the racial ex excellence cellen ce this bull con can do duty with one lot of cows five bulls like this will improve an entire dairy community for or two tiro years without danger of in breeding if there were siere five lots ot of cows cos and five bulls and the bulls rotated troia from one herd to another every two years each bull would havi hav a period of usefulness of possibly ac years and may easily have added head of young stock with a due pro por particia ticia of high milk producing heifers heffers As the first generation of heifers heffers became the breeding value ol 01 the bulls would become established and any inferior sires could be weeded out five bulls kept for ten years ma change the entire dary dairy industry of a community and possibly give its catalf a distinctiveness that would be a valuable market asset operative cooperative co bull associations have existed in europe tor for a long time in america tile the system Is only twelve tielve or thirteen years old but records of milk and butterfat butter fat production fire are in P possession OS ses soji of the department tangible bli benefit for far exceeding the cost to the cow owners at new windsor md bid tor for instance seven daughters of one sire averaged 2705 of butter fat a year an improvement over the average ol of pounds for their doing dama this wai only the th first generation tile the five fire block association will permit lint breeding with nith greatly increased possibilities sibil ties lUes to organize a operative cooperative co bull as so clation it Is first advisable to arouse its as much interest as possible in uia the plan inn through meetings conversation and the circulation of department of agriculture literature it Is possible that the courty agent or even some state or fedrial agrical agricultural tural representative senta serita tive can lie be inbreed to help personally so advice can always bo be obtained bom the department by mail forms can an be had from the department for n preliminary prell mnary agreement in which among other things the number of cows cow 4 owned by each carti member la Is listed when a ent number of cows have bare been listed a meeting should be called and arrangements ninde blade for incorporation rach each member would contribute in proportion to tile die number of cows he owns but have only one vote As early as possible ble tile the temporary r permanent secretary should begin corresponding with breeders bleeders bre eders having high g htide bulls for sonic sale one bull should be purchased for about every 75 cotos cois the cows should be divided into blocks of that number with re pard to t geographical convenience and arl raade for the keeping of tit alie bull by a responsible member farm Is conveniently located the fees should be midi licit as to covet cover the purchase cort and the cost of 0 leep keep for a ear und annual asses assessments ments il valuable information on the forma tion and conduct of bull associations will lie found in farmers bulletin which the will send free rin nn request supplemental lu ill including plans tor for a model hull pen and data on tile the operation ind success of various established bull asso citations ciati ons can ann also he be ind by cor repp the department Is doing everything in its power to promote tile the o bull association moe ments as one of the most valuable volu able ad ances made in modern dairying dar da yIng |