Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-04-18
ABOLITION OF
THE SCRUB Sire:
is Urged By Prof. Bryant AS An
Econ >mic Benefit For Farm
mers of Kentucky.

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that the farmer is being combin-
cd against by large interests of
the cohntry was charged by Prof.
I. X. Bryant, assistant director
LOT the Kentucky University Col
lege of Agriculture, in an address
to farmers and breeders at the
Louisville Livestock Exchange.
Prof. Bryant warned the farmers
against such reports, defining
their menace, and urged the far
liners to awaken to the need for
better bred livestock as a move
to maintain their independence.
FARMERS were also told that
they must take their losses as
business men did and build for the
future on a sound economic basis
by abolishing waste. The COM
Iplete abolition of the scrub sire
was urged as the first step with
the principle that in the future
the ownership of scrub stock
would be a badge Of inehiciency.
Prof. Bryant's address was the
second MONDAY talk in the series
iplanned by the College OF Agri-
culture in support of the Farm
crs' Better Sire Sale to be held
June 2 under the direction Of the
Kentucky Purebrcd Livestock
Association and the Louisville
Livestock Exchange of the Bour-
bon stockyards.
Il find this idea prevalent that
the interests are combined" said
Bryant. One hears it said that
the fertilizer people are down on
the farmer and that the nipple
ment people are and so on are
trying to gouge the farmer. The
term 'middleman' is used and
some farmers feel that it is the
common enemy, but if one stops
to think and reflect, ne will find
that no one is down on the farm
er. 1t is not to their interest to
see the farmer put out of bust
ness.
The farmers have in a good
many instances the idea that ev-
cry one with whom they deal i
an enemy. This must be over
come. What we could get at i
to learn how to adjust things and
to get them on an economic basis
The world is not going to tolcr-
ate paying more for an article
because it was produced i'll an eX-
travaGant way The cost of pro
duction must be cut down, OF the
final selling price will be prohibit
tive.
AS an illustration take an out
fit | saw near Lexington the 9th
cr day in field there were nine
mules, nine ploWs, six negros anc
six white men. Now what do you
think that corn is going to cost
on the market, counting the cost
of its production.
1t also costs more to produce
these poor animals ! saw in III,
stockyards today than it would t,
produce d pure bred animal. /
is to the interests of the stool
yards. the livestock buyers. a.
we'll as to all who wear clothe
and cat to see that better meth
DDS of production are practiced
The first thing is to get bette
sires, better beef bulls.
We are going into every coun
ty where livestock is produced t,
sell a plan whereby the farmc
can produce better stock thar
ever before.
Prof. Bryant then outlined ST
plans that had been adopted t.
promote the sale of pure bre'
bulls and to insure their fullcs
distribution over the state, adding
that the movement had the sup
port of all the bankers, bushes
men and the general public in a
of the agricultural sections. II
called attention to the purchas
several pure bred bulls by the b1
less men of London, Ky. at theii
for use in the county as |
purely business investment
Prof Bryant then quoted tn
following letter sent to all county
agents in support Of the move.
ment and outlining their field o
campaign:
Plan /. Induce three or four
farmers i'll the same neighbor-
hood to sell their scrub bulls 10
cally or by shipment to Louisville |
with the understanding that the /
proceeds are to be ap-f
Piled to the purchase of a pure
bred bull.
Plan 2. A group of three or
four farmers who have no bulls at
all may be gotten together for
he specific purpose Of purchasing
4 bull.
Plan 3. One of your banks can
probably be induced to purchase a