COMMUNITY BREEDING 



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in their development. The future of our live-stock industry 

 is dependent upon the active, intelligent interest of the young 

 people of to-day who are to be the stockmen of to-morrow. 

 The methods of organizing community breeders' associa- 

 tions will vary according to conditions, but the process is 

 not complicated or expensive. Five or six men may co-op- 

 erate in a locali- 

 ty, and agree to 

 promote the 

 breed they are 

 handling, and 

 help one another 

 improve their 

 herds and sell 

 their surplus, 

 with essentially 

 no expense. They 

 may not even 

 have any written 

 agreemen t 

 among them- 

 selves. But, if many breeders co-operate, it may be a conven- 

 ience to have constitution and by-laws, whereby they may 

 fully understand just how they are related to each other. A 

 common annual membership fee is one or two dollars, and an 

 assessment is made for special advertising, for conducting a 

 sale, or some similar purpose. In organizing it is customary to 

 adopt a name, define the object of the association, provide 

 for membership, establish dues, indicate the officers and 

 their duties, making amendments, etc., as occasion demands. 

 Special provisions may be made for holding periodical sales, 

 etc. Through the extension department of the agricultural 

 college in any of our states one should secure all necessary 

 assistance in organizing a community breeding associa- 

 tion. 



Figure 18. "Community breeding encourages the young 

 folks." Photograph by the author. 



