Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-04-16

sIres Of this type are too high priced
for every breeder to own one indi'
viduaIly. The Association" can pur.
cshase the best, regardless Of price
rived from such organizations are just
as great as in the undeveloped sec
tons. If the livestock interests OF
West Virginia would get together the
number OF beef cattle and dairy cattle
in the state could be doubled during
the next ten years.
II in one county or community
there are more breeders OF Hereford
cattle than of any other one breed,
Hereford Breeders Association should
be organized to cover that county or
particular community. A constitution
should be adopted, officers elected and
the association would be ready for
business. What are some of the things
such an organization could do? Prob
ably there would be found a lack OF
good breeding cows in that section. A
committee could be appointed to I'm.
dertake the purchase of q carload Of
the kind of COWS desired. where they
could be purchased to best advantage.
With a sufficient number Of good cows,
good pure bred sires would be pur-
chased by the association so that there
would be one such sire for every sixty
or seventy cows belonging to the mem
bers. A pure bred bull may be bred to
the same herd for about two years,
after which to prevent inbreeding he
should be exchanged for one owned
by another section or perhaps another
association.
If there are number of pure bred
or even high grade cows in an asso-
citation, demand can soon be created
for these animals by judicious adver.
Using, and this phase of the commu.
nifty breeders association activities
will alone justify its existence. II
beef cattle are sold they can be mar.
keted to better advantage IL sold to
the market direct than If handled
through a middleman, who expects TO
make good profit for himself.
There are sections of this state
where the dairy industry is rapidly
displacing the beef cattle industry,
owing to the demand for dairy pro-
ducts, and this demand is far from
being supplied, particularly during the
winter months. Now is the time to
organize Jersey, Guernsey, Ayrshire
or Holstein Breeders Association in
every one of these communities along
the line outlined above.
Most dairy herds of this state
are Of average size, only six to ten or
twelve cows and the average dairyman
does not feel able to purchase good
bull, paying 800 to $3.50. Six or eight
such dairymen could buy such a bull
and the cost to each would be only
SIS or $40 each, less than the cost of
a common scrub bull.
Many sections now going into the
dairy business need better COWS TO
start with. Why not get together and
buy carload Of high grade cows of
the breed desired and take them into
your community? There are sections
where this kind OF cows can be pur.
chased in carload lots and by bringing
such COWS into the community the in
dustry can be put on a paying basis
more rapidly than il the poor monde
script cows were used.
The College of Agriculture at your
State University will do the follow
ing:
1. Furnish the draft of constitu-
ton and help to organize, sending a
personal representative if necessary.
2. Give advice on the purchase of
pure bred bulls or cows.
P. 3. BENNETCH,