Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-20
BREEDERS TO MEET
COUNTY ASSOCIATION MAY sE
FORMED IN JANUARY
Plano Made For oroanizatisn ~ Purs
Drsd Live Stock Brssdsrs' Assos1a.
tlsw-orsanisatisn 70 Prsmets Don.
erai Interests Of Stock Producers
MaAy Favor Plan.

TENTATIVE plans hAvs been made by
the Marshall County Farm Inprive-
ment Association for q meeting. to be
held shout the middle Of January, to
perfect the orsanixation Of county
pure-bfsl Breeders association. A
meeting was called moro than q year
ago for The Same purpose but the
plans failsd because Of war activities
heldins tho attention of the public.
More than 17S pure-bred live stock
producers Of Marshall county are
listed AZ the OFFICE OF the county agent
and It Is believed most OF these men.
! noting special breeds Of stock, will
affiliate with the proposed ersaniza-
ton. &
The association would admit 20
0AmbSruhip al breeders Of NArShall
county who are interested In pure
Bred stock This would take In be>sd-
ere Of horses, cattle, swine, shssp and
poultry.
orsanisatlsn Meeting IN January.
been given to Iowa State College spe-
cialists fos early In January and to
avoid conflict with other meetings not
aSdAitsly arranged. the time ct the
erganixation meeting has not been
dxed but II 10 to be held IN January,
probably about tho middle Of THE
month or soon thereafter.
The purpose Of the proposed organ
isation 10 70 impsovS the i've stock Of
the couaty and % work Tor better
methods Ia breeding and sale Of stock.
1hs association viii issue . directory
Of al Sfssders which WIN be sent
turnout the country, putting Marshall
county stock BREEDERS In touch with
the salso OentssS and markets Of the
United 0tAtes. The organisAtiop
would undertake the task Of promot-
Ing and sssstioA q sales pavilion In
this city, whore Ill stock sales might
b held under ~ most favorable con.
6ltions.
Fsilsw pian u oehsr csSn<Iss.
Tho organisation would be very stm-
liar to that In many other Iowa coun-
uAs which have been organized tor
soIns years. Statistics show that
Marshall county has moro pure-brsd
hogs than any other county in Iowa.
that the Marshall county pure-hred
cattle are IS good a. any IN the statA
and that there 10 an incress In Inter
&st in horse breeding which speaks
wen for the future Of the industry In
central Iowa. In production Of 1912
alone 10 0lASsAaN county behind it,
neighbors. An organization - plan-
aed u expected TO stimulate greater
interest both u horse ana sheep saas.
ing.
Tho association u szpsetsd 70 GAn5
20 all parts Of the state and 70 the
country at large its claim. "xaS0hall
Spunty--livs stock center Of Iowa"
Breeders Showing intsrssl
The meeting will b called at the
request OF many breederS who have
teksn . treat interest In the move
msat. Some Of the moro prominent
hrosdssU have expressed . will'nsnse
e CO. operate In the orsanisation ana
40 difficulty in psrfsctins n orSanisa-
Sleh 10 anticipated.
In sonS counties ths orssdsr1 asso-
citation arc putting out annualA which
carry the 1dvsrt,sinE Of tho breed
~ys II IN attractive manner with the
result that many dollars, which would
have gone elsewhere had not the
breeders called their herds to the at
oeation Of the country. have found
1hslr Wy into the pockets Of the Iowa
haYners. Benton county IL one Of the
cider crxanized counties and q rather
slnhorats annual, Just issued has been
received from the Benton county or.
eanixation by many breederb here.