The Bolivar County Democrat., 1920-05-01

will have an opportunity 10 see tieih.
In a surprisingly short time every
farmer in the county knows where all
of the breeders within the county are
located. In some states the county
agent obtains a list Of the number OF
animals for sale each month and this
list is published by the state Held
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 $4,000 worth of purebred live
stock sale business each month.
Where the demand is not great
enough to absorb the supply within
county the members Of a community
use two methods for disposing of the
surplus. One is TO conduct a cons1gn-
ment sale and sell the animals at 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 prl-
vately and consigning the culls or less
desirable animals to the sale. Such
sales are frequently great disap-
pointment and great care should be
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 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 in
uuirieS 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 lots
of certain breeds to certain groups OF
counties which have a very large num-
ber of animals.
The state field agents of the bureau
of markets, cooperating with the AMI"
NAL husbandry men of the college,
work out plans for assisting buyers
both within and outside the state in
locating the animals needed. They
often help county agents find animals
for club members. make definite ar
rangements and plan trips for out-of-
state buyers in order that they see the
maximum number of animals at the
least expense. They also cooperate
with breed associations in conducting
local auction sales.
Recently the field agent in market
ing and the animal husbandry special
list in Nebraska attracted buyers from
Texas who bought 300 purebred hogs
in one lot from four adjoining coun-
ties. The fact that these men were as
sured that they would be shown LOCO
high-class registered breeding hogs
day in five adjoining counties was one
of the strong arguments which caused
them to cross some of the other lead
ing live stock states and buy their
hogs In Nebraska. The Texas men
were extremely well pleased with the
service rendered and the breeders
were pleased to get the opportunity to
make such sales. AS the plan becomes
we'll established. so that the county
agents know where the various herds
are located and the kind that are for
sale, the foreign buyers will find the
services of these county agents OF
great value in locating the kind of ami
mails they want.
Data for United States Collected.
The state field agents in marketing,
of whom there are 2S, transmit con-
densed report to the Washington office
of the bureau of markets, where it Is
kept on file for use In directing foreign
buyers and buyers in various sections
of the United States to districts most
accessible to them.