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BULL ASSOCIATION
How They Work Out il
Rrsctioe.-Helpful to Large
a We'll as Small Breeders.

Il S&O&&A00S SSASOp <SkAA Nv
hnd more the usefulness Of the. CO
Operative bull associations is recog-
laIssd % tms goes on and It's bene-
hets to the dairy industry have
IahAnes to become evident. The FULL
Iresults that can be obtained from
isuoh an association obviously can not
appear for several years. It Is ev1-
Hent therefore that since the bull as
Isocissions are OF only recent begin
Iuing, the benefits 90 far obtained are
lonly the tore-shadowing OF greater
things to come.
The cooperative bull association
iaas been carefully planned to enable
Ia number Of small dairymen and far
liners who individually could not af-
lord good bulls, to combine their re-
sources and buy few really good
idairy sires. For example, suppose
-four farmers each have S1OO to lnVes,
in a bull They are so situated that
they can all use the same bull. Inc
association makes it possible for them
- poN their resources and buy one
$500 bull, presumably four times as
cood as any one Of the four S1OO AMI
mails that they could buy individually.
It is gratifying to see that this theory
is working out in practice so we'll that
It applies not only to the dalrymen
with 800 available for investment II
a bull but equally well to the one
with only $40. or on the other hand
to the one with $500.
Saves the Good Bulls.
The money advantage is the first
thing which attracts the farmers at
teation to the bull association, but by
Far the greatest advantage OF the or
ganization 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. Statstlca'
figures indicate that bulls owned Hy
individuals are used only to an aver
ege age Of about three years. At this
age II Is impossible to have any pro-
duction records Of the offspring,
which is the only real test of a sire's
Ivalue. Because Of this short lhe OF
1.-The bull It happens over and over
sagain that dairy farmers have dis
lcovered, after the daughters had fin
Iished a record, the exceptional pre-
lpotent qualities Of their sire; and
Then, on looking around for that sire.
lhaye made another discovery, sad
lone, the& the search was futile, Tor
1.-The sire had sone to the butcher.
Beneficial to Family Cow Owners.
The average herd Of all the mem
fbers Of these associations consists OF
Isix oowA Inasmush a. thore are
Imany herds with ten or . dcssn esws,
liz follows that there must 10 . great
number Of herds with less than stx
Icsws each. In fact, town people own
ling family COWS are sftsn members
payiag thsk share o. assessment OF
1--we, ton, Or whatever number Of DOL
liars L. required for each COW; and
for this payment they have he use OF
all the bulls In the association. Thus
a family COW owner may for 80 In
vss&u snt have for q period Of 10 years
the use Of such bulls a. freely ss
thouah he owned them himssk.
Loads to Keeping Pursbred csvvs.
The claim Is made in behalf OF the
bull association as an institution mat
It opens up an opportunity Tor ne
smsil dadrynan to do puss breeding.
The figures gathered In tho 1sis d.
rectory Of bull associations show tnat
while the number Of oFgaAisa6eos.
the number OF members, etc.. have
Increased less than IT per eso& %
compared with 1918. tho increase In
number Of purebred cows owned by
members went up 24O per cent, show
ing plainly that the bull association
does help the small breeder to do
pure breeding.
No Chance Of Loss.
We have still to get the frst re-
port from a farmer to the effect that
he has lost money on his Investment
in a cooperative bull association, says
J. P. Lancaster, Extension Service
dairy husbandman. Tho greatest loss
that can be sustained from disband-
' ed association is that the wrong i'm
preston which the community and
other communities may receive may
prevent them from organising other
associations OF the Same klad. For
this reason, We are anxious to SEQ all
associations organised on the right
basis and properly looked aftsr, %
that Aoas q them will disband.
svessst.eas for Sueesss-
Tue principal points to keep IN
mind for building a successful asso-
Icisidon are a. follows:
/. Fave the blocks we'll organized.
|prinsipalIy with reference to satssfac-
ltorv location Of members and lhe
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