136 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



An important aid to the- demonstrators in getting breeding stock 

 and in disposing of surplus stock has been the establishment of a 

 live-stock exchange in the office of the live-stock extension service. 



Since these experiments and demonstrations were begun there has 

 been a very noticeable improvement in live stock in Louisiana, as 

 evidenced by the more extensive use of mares for farm work and 

 breeding purposes, a rapid increase in the number and quality of 

 both beef and dairy cattle, growth in the hog industry, a better ap- 

 preciation of pure-bred poultry as a side line, and a general revival 

 of the sheep industry, especially in the cut-over pine lands in some 

 of the parishes and in the southwest corner of the State. 



