The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-05-06
BULL ASSOCIATION
How They Work Out in
Praetice.-Helpful to Large
as Well as Small Breeders.

Clemson College, April 26.-Mere
md more the usefulness Of the CO.
operative bull associations is recog-
aized as time goes on and its bene-
iets to the dairy industry have a
chance to become evident. The full
results that can be obtained from
such an association obviously can not
appear for several years. 1t S svs-
dent therefore that since the bull as
sociations are of only recent be- GIN
ming, the benefits SO far obtained are
only the fore-shadewtng Of greater
things to come.
The cooperative bull association
has been carefully planned TO enable
number OF small dairymen and far
mers who individually could not az
ford good bulls, to combine their re-
sources and buy few really Sooo
dairy sires.. For example, suppose
four farmers each have 500 to invest
Ia a bull They are 50 situated that
they can all use the same bull. The
association makes it possible Tor shem
to pool their resources and buy one
s4oo bull, presumably four times as
good as any one of the four S100 AMI
mails that they could buy individually.
II is gratifying to see that this theory
is working out in practice SO we'll That
it applies not only to the dairynsa
with s10e available for investment IN
bull but equally we'll to the one
with only SO, or on the other hand
te the one with $500.
Saves the Good Bulls.
The money advantage is the first
thing which attracts the farmers at-
tention to the bull association, but by
far the greatest advantage OF the or
sanizatien is the exchange OF bulls
every two years by means Of which
continued use OF bulls can be had un-
til their value is proved. Statistical
agures indicate that bulls owned oy
individuals are used only to an aver
are age Of about three years. AT this
sse It is impossible to have any pro-
euetion records Of tho offspring,
which is The only real test OF ssfe's
value. Because OF this short HE OF
the bull it happens over and over
AGAIN that dairy farmers have dss'
covered, after the daughters had NM
ished a record, the exceptional pre-
potent qualities Of their sire; and
then. on looking around for that sire,
have made another discovery, sad
enc, that the search was futile, TOR
the sire had gone to the butcher.
Beneficial to Family Cow Owners.
The average herd Of all the mem
hers Of these associations consists OF
six COWS. Inasmuch as there are
many herds with ten or dozen COWS,
It fellows that there must be great
number Of herds with less than six
cows each. In. fact, town people ewn-
hg fanny COWS are often members,
paying their share or assessment OF
Ave. ten, or whatever number OF dol
lars is required for each COW; md
for this payment they have the use OF
all the bulls in the association. Thus
family COW owner may for ste N:
vestment have for period Of 10 years
the use OF such bulls as freely az
though he owned them himself.
Leads to Keeping Purebrea Cows.
The claim is made in behaR OK the
bull association as an institution that
Il opens up an opportunity for the
small dairyman TO do pure breeding.
The figures gathered in che 1919 d.
rectory of bull associations show ahat
while the number Of organizations,
the number of members. etc., have
increased less than II psr cent as
compared with 1918, the increase IN
number OF pureored COWS owned BY
members went up 20 Per cent, show
ing plainly that the buA association
does help the small breeder to 90
pure breeding.
No Chance Of Less.
We have still to get the hrss 70
rort from farmer to the e6eet shak
he has lost money On his investment
In a cooperative bull association, says
IT, P. LaMaster, Extension Service
dairy husbandnan. The greatest loss
that can be sustained from dtsbsud'
ed association is that the wrong I'm
preston which the community and
other communities may receive may
prevent them FROM orgaaiAog eeaef
associations Of tho same hnA, For
this reasoa, we are >anxioas b sse al
associates organized On The rssnf
basis aaA property leskea after, %
that neue az them viii disSand.
eussessions for ssoeess.
TIE principal points 70 hes9 IN
mind fer baildins suceeeSw oseo'
eaatson aas as follows:
I. Nave TIE kosks we'll ORGANIZED