The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-01-19
Five Bulls Like This Will Improve ar
Entire Dairy Community.

for two years without danger of in
breeding. II there were five lots of
cows and five bulls, and the bulls were
rotated from one herd to another
every two years, each bull would have
period Of usefulness of possibly 10
years, and may easily have added $50
head of young stock, with due pro-
portion Of high milk-producing heifers
AS the first generation of heifers be-
came mixers, the breeding value Of
the bulls would become established
and any inferior sires could be weeded
out. Five bulls kept for ten years may
change the entire dairy industry of q
community and possibly give it's cattle
distinctivenesS that would be
valuable market asset.
Cooperative bull associations have
existed in Europe for long time. In
America the system is only twelve or
thirteen years old, but records of milk
and butter-fat production are in pos
session Of the department, showing
tangible benefit far exceeding the
cost to the COW owners.
seven daughters of one sire averaged
27O.5 pounds of butter fat a year, an
improvement over the average of
2OS.3 pounds for their dams. This was
only the first generation. The five
block association will permit line
ID breeding with greatly increased pos
sibilities.
To organize a cooperative bull as
ISOLATION it is first advisable to arouse
as much interest as possible in the
plan through meetings, conversation,
and the circulation of Department of
Agriculture literature. 1t Is possible
that the county agent or even some
state or federal agricultural repre-
sentative can be induced to help per-
sonally. Advice can always be OBJ
tanned from the department by mail.
: Forms can be had from the depart
ment for preliminary agreement, in
which, among other things, the number
of COWS owned by each prospective
member is listed. When sufficient
number of COWS have been listed, a
meeting should be called and arrange
Sments made for Incorporation Each
:, member would, contribute in proper
tion to the number of cows he owns,
but would have only one vote. =
AS early as possible, the temporary
or permanent secretary should begin
corresponding with breeders having
.high-grade bulls ;;or sale. One bull
Should be purchased for about every
10 cows. The cows should be divided
into blocks Of that number, with re-
gard to geographical convenience, and
arrangements made feS the keeping of
the bull by q responsible member
\ whose farm is conveniently located.
The fees should be such as toScover
the purchase cost and the cost of keep
= for year. and annual assessments
i provided thereafter. n Fl ;, )
r.. Valuable information on the forma.
J, ton and conduct of bull associations
:, will be found in Farmers Bulletin
. 993, which tile department viii send
free on request. Supplemental In
formation, including plans for a model
:. bull pen, and data on the Operation
and success of various established buu
I, associations can also be had by cor
respondence. The department IS doinl
everything in it's power to promote the
cooperative bull association move.
j ments as one Of the most valuable ID.
ss vances made In modern dairying.
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