Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-02-05

or not sufficient size to warrant the
| keeping of a good bull, agrees to
take his COWS to service to a sire
of some member of the Association,
the fee being fixed by the owner
of the sire. These Associations are
bringing about splendid results, not
only creating a greater demand for
good bulls, but bringing about a bet
| ter knowledge of the feeding and
care of dairy animals, without which
breeding alone would amount to but
| little.
! A second movement of this kind
is the one inaugurated by the u.
S. Department of Agriculture, called
the Community Bull Association"
This organization differs materially
from the one just described, in that
| the Association owns and controls
the bulls. The Association is capital
| lied to such an amount as deemed
necessary for it's operation, and char
tered by the state Members take
shares Of stock to the number Of
COWS owned, one share of stock rep
resented by each cow, the price of
the shares to be fixed by the Asso-
citation in an amount sufficient for
the purchasing of bulls, their main
tenance, and any other necessary eX-
pense, or in some cases the main
tenance of bulls and other expendi-
| lures is left until the end of the
year and an assessment levied to
cover same.
! In the case of the Bull Association
at Milaca, Mimi, where a very sue
cessful association is in operation,
the shares of stock were placed at
: $500 each The bulls are placed in
blocks or sections, each block being
represented by seventy cows. The
bulls in these blocks are changed
every two years to prevent close in
breeding and to give all the mem
bers the same opportunities, as some
bulls might prove of greater value
as breeders than others. AS said
before, the Association controls the
care of the bulls and designates who
shall have the handling and how they
shall be cared for and fed. An AssO-
citation of this character is best
adapted where the country Or the
business of dairying is new, and
where herds are not of sufficient
size to warrant the purchasing of a
pure-bred sire By this method of
cooperation, communities are able
to have the advantage of a good
sire at a very nominal expense and
advances them several years in the
breeding of a better grade of cattle.
Another, or third form of commun-
| ity breeding, might be termed the
Ashland, Wis, Idea" For the pur-
pose of promoting, developing and
encouraging the dairy interests in
that section, the commercial and
business men of Ashland purchased
number of high-class pure-bred
sires and placed them in sections
similar to the block system, in the
locality adjacent to Ashland. They
are placed with some competent per-
son, who will give them proper care,
and a service fee of $3.50 is charged,
and the person keeping the sire re-
tains one half of the amount for
his services and the balance is re-
turned to the Commercial Club;
these bulls are also exchanged ev-
cry two years.
With any of the above forms of
Association, it is surprising the
amount of enthusiasm and interest
that has been developed, and the
creameries and cheese factories Of
these localities hope to double their
output as soon as the better grade
of cattle get to work, and the $50
pound cow will be an exception
rather than a rule, as she is today.