SUGGESTIONS TO YOUNG BREEDERS 63 



Colling Brothers, men who were doing much for these cattle 

 while Bates was yet young. Furthermore, co-operate with 

 your brother breeders in a generous way for the promotion 

 and uplift of live-stock interests, whereby all will be bene- 

 fited. Become a member of the local, state and national 

 associations that promote the breed in which you are inter- 

 ested, whenever possible attend the meetings of these organ- 

 izations, and be known as a progressive among your fellows. 

 The compensation that comes from this contact can not be 

 estimated in money, for it is expressed in friendship, in help- 

 ful service, and leads into the larger field of usefulness and 

 efficiency to which every breeder with ideals should aspire. 



A private herd record should be kept by every stockman 

 owning a breeding herd. Such a record should contain a list 

 of the animals in the herd, giving their correct names and 

 registry numbers, dates of birth, names of sires and dams, 

 and of the men who bred them. A record should also be 

 kept of all animals produced on the farm, with facts of their 

 parentage. One may keep a card catalogue with a card for 

 each animal, giving the essential facts. There are private 

 herd-books especially arranged, providing blank spaces for 

 the various facts of importance, that can be purchased at a 

 reasonable price. If desired, one can prepare his own style 

 of private herd-book. The records which go in such a book 

 are most important, and all men engaged in breeding should 

 feel it a duty to keep them with care. 



Methods of doing business with registry associations 

 should be considered by the breeder. Each breed is repre- 

 sented by an association of men who prescribe the methods 

 of registry and transfer of animals of that breed. It is the 

 business of the secretary to furnish breeders with blank forms 

 which they may fill out and file with the association, whereby 

 they may register their stock from time to time. The secre- 

 tary also furnishes the required rules and regulations for 

 doing business with the association. It is not necessary for 



