60 A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



fixity of purpose strive to produce pure-bred animals along 

 well-planned lines. Their herds and flocks are the salvation 

 of the whole live-stock business. It is in groups of com- 

 munity breeders that we find the people keenly interested 

 in real merit, in efficiency of production, and in what we 

 term constructive breeding. 



One breed is better for a community than many. It has 

 been well-established in Europe for many years, and more 

 recently in America, that in those sections where but one 

 breed of a class of animals exists the community is enriched 

 thereby. The buyer has a much better chance to select from 

 many herds in such a community than he has where the 

 herds are few and far between. Buyers have shipped large 

 numbers of Holstein-Friesian cattle from Geauga County, 

 Ohio, and Guernseys from Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 

 because they could find them among the many herds in these 

 counties. If there is but one herd in the community, then 

 the choice is limited, and the expense of a visit does not 

 justify the buyer. Only men with narrow visions see no 

 advantage in many herds of one breed in the neighborhood. 



Community breeding stimulates prices and trade. In the 

 locality where many herds or flocks of the same breed pre- 

 vail, breeders take a keen personal interest in the different 

 herds, and place a premium on animals of outstanding merit. 

 Here one finds competition in purchase which naturally re- 

 sults in stimulating prices and a greater activity in trade. 

 In one of our best live-stock communities in America annual 

 or semi-annual sales have been held for some years, and the 

 demands in most if not all of these places has been for more 

 animals, with a healthy increase in values. 



Community breeding promotes confidence in one another 

 among the breeders. The primary purpose in breeding asso- 

 ciations is co-operation. Working together toward a com- 

 mon end eliminates personal selfishness and jealousy. Sus- 

 picion and jealousy have done much harm among farmers, 



