The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-04-29
Purebrcd Duroc.Jersey.

Will have an opportunity to see them.
In a surprisingly short time every
farmer in the county knows where all
Of the breeders within the county are
located. III some states the county
agent obtains Il list of the number of
animals for sale each month and this
list is published by the state field
agent in marketing and distributed
within the state. In counties where
this plan has been most successful
county agents claim to have done as
much as $1,000 worth of purebred live
stock sale business each month.
Where the demand is not great
enough to absorb the supply within a
county the members of a community
use two methods for disposing of the
surplus. One is to conduct a consign-
ment sale and sell the animals ut auc.
ton. The other is to advertise extern
sively as a purebred live stock center
or county. Both methods have given
excellent results. Some communities.
however. have made the mistake OF
selling all Of their best animals pri-
vately and consigning the culls or less
desirable animals to the sale. Such
sales are frequently a great disap-
taken to offer nothing but high-class
animals at auction, because visitors
are sure to judge the quality of a
mans herd by the animals he consigns
to the sale.
State Center for Information.
AS soon as the survey is completed
in a county u copy of the tabulated
data is sent to the state field agent In
marketing where the data from all OF
the counties are kept. The object in
filing the information from each cOun'
ty with the state field agent in mar
keting is to enable him to handle i'll
quiries within the state and to furnish
buyers the necessary information Sent
in by the various county agents. II
enables him to direct men in adjoining
counties and those who desire car lot:
Of certain breeds to certain groups 81
counties which have Il very large num
Der of animals.
The state field aG1nts Of the bureat
of markets. cooperating with h AM
NAL husbandry men Of the college
both within and outside the state II
locating the animals needed. The,
often help county agents find animal:
for club members. make definite ar
engagements and plan trips for Out-of
state buyers in order that they see thu
maximum number of animals ut TIT
leas, expense. They also cooperate
with breed associations in c%nnductin:
local auction sales.
Recently the field Hgent in market
ing and the animal hushaEdry special
isl in Nebraska: attracted buyers from
Texas who bought 300 %purebred hog!
in one lot from four adjoining c0un
Ties. Tie fact that these men were as
Surpd that they would he shown 1.Wt
high-clnss registered breeding hogs
day in five adjninin. countN,s was on
Of the strong. arguments which caused
them to cross some OF the other lead
ing live stock states and buy tliei
hogs in Nebraska. The Texas me
were extremely we'll pleased with tn
service rendered end the breeders
were pleased to get the opportunity t
make sucl, sales. AS the plan become
we'll established. so that the count.
agents know where the various herd
are located and the kind that are fo
sale. the foreign buyers will find TIT
services of these county agents O
great value in locating The kind of AM
mails they want.
Data for United States Collected.
The state field agents in marketing
of whom there are %. transmit a con
densed report to the Washington ofir
of the bureau of markets. where IT !
kept on file for use in directing foreign
buyers and buyers in various sections
of the United States to districts nos
accessible to them.