Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-31
STOCK BREEDERS
MAY ORGANIZE
ASSOCIATION OF rHoRou0HeREo
STOCK BREEDERS MAY
BE FORMED.
DISCUSS PLAN At
COUNTY FARM MEETING
Organization Planned to enseurass
More and Better Thorouahbred Live
Stock and Assist In Marketing Pure
Bred Stocs-similar Organizations
In Other Counties Successful.

To encourage the production OF more
and better thoroughbred live stock ana
10 assist in marketing pure-bred STOCK,
an effort will be made at the annual
meeting OF the Marshall County Farm
Improvement Association, Monda!'
Feb. 3. to organize pure-ored i've
stock breeders association in Marshail
county. The association as planned
would admit TO membership breeders
of all thoroughbred live stock In the
county. including breeders OF cNtIe,
horses. sheep and swine. \ INST OF
names OF breeders OF thoroughbred
stock in the county has been compil>d'
and includes more than l2S.
The new association - fostered by
and would be a branch of the county
improvement association, and the worN
Of the organization would be carried Oh
thru the county farm bureau.
Shorthern srsedsrs Organized.
The Shorthorn breeders OF Marshall
county have long maintained an organ
ization. in fact the local association Is
one of the Oldest in the state. II has
been thru this organization that stock
sales, which have turned thousands OF
dollars into the hands of breeders, nav e
oeen promoted.
What the Shorthorn breeders asso-
citation has done. il is believed, the
propossd organization could duplicate
on a much larger scale. Thru 1t safes
on a much larger scale could be hela
in this city. and by cooperative ettotN
the quality OF the live stock or the
county could be raised and the market
ing conditions materially improved.
cooperative effort also is expected 90
result in the erection. in time. OF a
slics pavilion, affOrdinC A permanent
marketing place for the county breed
ers.
What Other Counties Do.
That such an organization can a.
much for the breeders is best shown
By the accomplishments OF assoc'a-
lions in other counties. one Of the
first associa tons in the state was Or
ganiz, in Henry county. with head
quarters at Mount Pleasant. and sales
now held in that county run into large
figures. one recent sale showing a to-
tai Of $4,000 worth Of live stock dis
posed Of
With the best county fair in the
state and one of the biggest hog shows
in the middle west. Marshall county
may undertake the organization of Il
breeders association with the expect
ancy of immediate success. Many
breeders have approved the plan and
are enthusiastic boosters for the or
ganization. There is a feeling. how
ever, that the plans must be carefully
perfected before the association is
formed. and the mistakes made in some
counties of starting out with high
hopes but without proper foundation
may serve as an object lesson.
Hope for Big Attendance.
\ large and representative gather
ing of breeders and far4ners is expect
cd at the meeting Monday and 1t is
hoped that the breeders will come in
! sufficient force to give expression o.
| tn sentiment in all sections of the
county and to present the varied plan
fostered by breeders in many classes
of live stock and breeds.
| County Agent w. A. Buchanan has
| spent much time in preparing a defin-
tie plan for organization and hopes u
have the CO. operation Of every breeder
of pure bred stock in the movement
He is DESTROYS OF learning the senti'
ment of all and hopes to have an eX-
| preston from those in attendance 4
the meeting.