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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



dairy herds have been started on more than 700 farms where dairy cattle 

 were not kept before. Realizing that it is best for a community to develop 

 one breed of dairy cattle, most of the clubs have been organized to in- 

 clude one breed only. No partiality has been shown any breed and 

 every community has chosen by vote the breed they should get. In a 

 number of instances mixed clubs have been organized where there was a 

 desire to have more than one breed. 



The grade clubs that have been organized thus far are as follows: 



1917 



PURE BRED CLUBS 



The demand for pure bred cattle in some of the older dairy sections 

 of the state led to the organization of a number of pure bred dairy heifer 

 clubs this spring and summer. The manner of organizing these clubs 

 is also explained in Bulletin No. 7 which is attached. Due to the in- 

 creased amount of work required to organize such clubs the number of 

 grade dairy calves introduced this year was not as large as during 1918. 

 It is thought, however, that the added results of the pure bred club will 



