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nishing the members of the association with complete lists of all the 

 known available bulls of the breed wanted, in the state. Failing to se- 

 cure the desired animals from these lis'ts, references to other reputable 

 breeders are given. The associations must conduct their own financial 

 transactions. In the case of the three group association at the end of 

 two years to avoid in-and-in breeding, the bulls are changed from one 

 group to another and the same thing done at the end of four years. In 

 this way, barring accident or loss by death, the association is provided 

 with registered males for a period of six years at an initial cost of from 

 $10.00 to 140.00 per member. The owners within each forty cow group 

 should be somewhat closely located, but this is not true of the groups, 

 which may be several or more miles apart, their only concern being an 

 occasional business meeting and the exchange of sires every two years. 

 This plan has been carefully worked out and put in actual operation by 

 Mr. Raven. iVll the associations now formed have incorporated under 

 either Acts 171 or 243 of the laws of Michigan of 1903, with a view to 

 holding the organizations together on a permanent basis. Copies of 

 these acts with accompanying blanks may be secured by applying to the 

 Secretary of State, Lansing, Mich. 



ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT FOR ASSOCIATION. (INCORPORATED.) 



Article 1. 



It shall be the purpose of this association to procure and use pedigreed 

 sires for the purpose of improving our live stock through a system of up- 

 grading. This method of improvement implies the continued use of some 

 one kind of pure blood on the grade and mixed bred stock. The associa- 

 tion opposes the admixture of the blood of several breeds and the use of 

 cross-bred grade and scrub sires. The association also pledges itself 

 to exert every possible influence for the improvement and furtherance of 

 the live stock interests of the community. 



Article 2. 

 The name of this association shall be 



Article 3. 

 The annual meetings of this association shall be held on the 



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Article 4- 



The officers of this association shall consist of a board of five directors, 

 from which shall be elected a president, vice-president, and a secretary- 

 treasurer, whose term of office shall be one year, except the directors, 

 whose term of office shall be three years. At the first meeting of this 

 association there shall be elected one director to serve one year, two 

 directors to serve two years, and two directors to serve three years. 



Article 5. 



The president shall preside at all meetings of the association and of 

 the board of directors. He shall countersign all orders for money au- 

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