Show BREEDING OF 01 LIVE STOCK IN WARTIME shortage of animals and products uc ts should be stimulus to improved production the shortage of animals and animal products in this country should be a stimulus to improved live stock production there has not been such a great shortage in the live stock population in proportion to the human population in many years it Is doubtful it there has ever been so great a shortage of live stock in view ot of the needs of humanity it has been repeatedly said by men acquainted with conditions that the wise live stock man will not only continue in the business hut but increase his big holdings liol dings A good many farmers haw ever have hesitated until recently to increase their live stock because of un usual usi ni conditions high prices and the urgent need for increased production have induced farmers and live stock men to increase Inci ease ense production this is a good time therefore tor for a step toward more profitable production the advantages of community live stock breeding which existed before the war still hold good and present conditions emphasize the importance of community breeding more than ever before wonderful progress could be made in live stock it if the increase which undoubtedly will be made could be obtained from purebred sires thus a relatively larger per of high grade ant animals could be produced than if the improvement were started when the live stock population of the country was normal if I 1 better sires tire are used at this time the resulting increase la in the total live stock population will contain a larger percentage of good blood than the live stock population of this country has baa ever had communities can obtain sires to be used on tile the existing females which an individual could not afford in many communities there Is no one who is willing to make the necessary outlay for a good sire and no person should be expected to bear thy the entire burden of live stock improvement for the community in if the community operates cooperates co in live stock breeding they can obtain the services of a good sire at a comparatively ively low cost most successful community breeding involves involved a organize and specialized production coo co o opera derfl tion therefore Is necessary to the sue successful outcome of the plan operative cooperative co breeding helps the small breeder offers opportunity for cor theeb the exchange of sires with other conin communities iund affords 6 operative cooperative co marketing and buying it also sit stimulates clites community spirit just as any m other live working organization will do it serves as an aa excellent advertisement for the community as has been de demonstrated in several missouri counties details concerning community live levu stock breeding will be found in ili intension circular 33 of the university of missouri college of oc agriculture persons interested in organizing community breeding associations should obtain it 11 copy of this ci circular rillar the agricultural extension service of the college will furnish constitution ant and bylaws by laws for such organizations these may be ba adopted adapted so local conditions |