Show P improvement SEEN IN BREEDING STOCK by br th tha 1 ugilt d states DOP remd it ot more than head of breeding li tock ck on farras farms in the united stages a are undergoing under systematic improvement through the use of pure bred alres according to a report just issued 1 by tile the bureau of animal industry united states department of agriculture persons participating in tola this work a at t ie the close of at the year 1924 cumbe numbe numbered red exclusive users of pure bred sires widely distributed among 48 46 states state t ithe id in conjunction conjunct lon N vr ith state and aid county extension oil vior workers kers Is 18 alding these stock owners to td improve their methods ot of breeding ana feed feeding big C this Tills organized plan know nas as the betters better s alres res better stock campaign has hag resulted in noticeable rivalry among court counties les and states where agricultural leaders have used it as a means of bettering fai farm rm live stock block ohio kentucky tucky and virginia each have more than 2000 farmers enrolled in the campaign largely through the activities of county extension ii agents ants 40 counties in nine states t ach tach have the distinction of possessing or more live stock owners who are using pore bred sires exclusively in all their live stock breeding operations Pil pulaska hiski county virginid virginia leads the list with toa such breeders bleeders bre eders and union county kentucky Is second with ia participants the chief advances in the progress of the work during the last three months of 0 1924 1024 occurred in kentucky vermont and ohio A conspicuous new center of interest in this field of livestock live stock betterment was in lee county iowa altogether additional stock owners affiliated themselves with the cause causa during the three month period in commenting on the keen interest which live stock owners are taking in systematic improvement by the better sires route specialists of the bureau of animal industry call attention to the most important result or of the work namely the superior types of aril animals mals which these breede bleeders bre eders rs are raising and the substantial market benefits they are deriving As a typical example an oklahoma stock owner reported to the department th that a t the difference in price on the market more than pays to keep pure bleds even though we sell no breeding stock scores of 0 similar reports show that the benefits are practically the same game in all parts of the country the depart departments menti rac records showing the gradual growth ot of the better sires movement appear to be an index to the growing preva prevalence leuce ot of good live stock on farms and an d in market centers but before good ahe e stock can be produced in large numbers the add there must be a widean wide appreciation pie clation of the tiff utility lity value ot of good breeding coupled with the actual use of high class pure bred sires at the tha head of the herds berds and flocks the better sires alres better stock campaign tinder undertakes der takes to supply this need in ai an educational way I 1 any tire live stock owner who re replace places his inferior male breeding i animally animal ani malli sv with good pure bleds is 14 eligible to take an active part in this work thede the department part ment grants each participant a barn sign pure bred sires exclusively used on this farria farm besides beside furnishing he helpful lpaul information on the bredl breeding ng feeding and care of farm arm animals the new report on the progress of the work contains summaries of otate state and county activities statistics on number kind and breeding of animals announcements and terse facts on the practical value of improved stock it contains nine pages and Is lu ili mimeographed form corm copies may be obtain obtained el as long a the supply lasts from the bureau of animal indu industry str r united states department of aai agriculture washington |